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|| gram is a quadrilateral in which opp. sides are equal and parallel.

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Tells us nothing about the parallel sides; insuff.

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These are adjacent sides; insuff.

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Is the quadrilateral PQRS a parallelogram where QS is the diagnol.

(1) The area of triangle PQS is equal to the area of triangle QRS.
(2) QR = RS.

I guess it wrong. Just wanted to know whether I am missing any property of a quadrilateral for it to be a parallelogram. :( .

I am not sure whether OA is correct. But I will let you know the OA after some replies.

Originally posted by mrsmarthi on 22 Oct 2009, 12:06.
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mrsmarthi wrote:
Is the quadrilateral PQRS a parallelogram where QS is the diagnol.

A) The area of triangle PQS is equal to the area of triangle QRS.
B) QR = RS.

I guess it wrong. Just wanted to know whether I am missing any property of a quadrilateral for it to be a parallelogram. :( .

I am not sure whether OA is correct. But I will let you know the OA after some replies.


Well my first thought is E. Or there is some catch I cannot notice...
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Bunuel,

Well I assumed that when the diagnol of the quadrilateral divedes it into two triangles of equal area, then the quadrilateral must be parallelogram. But I guess this assumption is wrong.

IN a parallelogram, the diagnols divide it into two triangles of equal areas but need NOT be true with quadrilateral.

OA is E.
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Thank you for the detailed explanation.
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In the figure above, is quadrilateral PQRS a parallelogram?

(1) The area of ΔPQS is equal to the area of ΔQRS.
(2) QR = RS

Attachment:
Q2.jpg


Statement 1: The area of ΔPQS is equal to the area of ΔQRS.

The figure may be a Parallelogram or a Kite shape figure (non-parallelogram). Hence,
NOT SUFFICIENT

Statement 2: QR = RS

The figure may be a Parallelogram or an Isosceles triangle above the Diagonal and an scalene triangle below the diagonal of quadrilateral (non-parallelogram). Hence,
NOT SUFFICIENT

Combining the two statements:
The figure may be a Parallelogram or an Isosceles triangle above the Diagonal and an scalene triangle below the diagonal of quadrilateral (non-parallelogram) such that area of both halves of the Quadrilateral are same. Hence,
NOT SUFFICIENT

Answer: option E
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gluon wrote:

In the figure above, is quadrilateral PQRS a parallelogram?

(1) The area of ΔPQS is equal to the area of ΔQRS.
(2) QR = RS

Attachment:
Q2.jpg


hi

lets consider this logic:
area of a triangle = (1/2) * base * height

now

triangle, (1/2) * 3 * 4 and triangle, (1/2) * 4 * 3 have the same area, but

is it necessary that these two triangles are congruent ? Certainly no

on this line of reasoning, we can conclude that the the answer is straight "E"

please raise your voice if there is anything wrong here

thanks, and cheers with +1
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