Hi
There is a serious flaw in your interpretation of Statement 2:
if a Quadrilateral has equal diagonals, nothing unique can be interpreted from it.
1) It can be a Rectangle
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2) It can be a Square.
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3)
It can't be rhombus.=
It can be a rhombus, ( Square is a particular case of rhombus)
In rhombus the diagonals, need not to be equal, but they can be equal and this case is called Square.
4) it can be any
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But since It is given in the question that the quadrilateral is a parallelogram, the quadrilateral in the question is not this type of Quadrilateral.
But this is important for the conceptual knowledge. earnit wrote:
tkarthi4u wrote:
What is the area of parallelogram ABCD ?
1) AB = BC = CD = DA = 1
2) AC = BD = (2^1/2)
(1) Says that ABCD is a rhombus. Area of rhombus d1*d2/2 (d1 and d2 are the lengths of the diagonals) or b*h (b is the length of the base, h is the altitude (height).) Insufficient
(2) Says that ABCD is a rectangle. Area of a rectangle L*W (length*width) Insufficient.
(1)+(2) ABCD is rectangle and rhombus --> ABCD is square --> Area=1^2=1 or (2^1/2)*(2^1/2)/2=1
Answer: C.
I would really appreciate if a fault in my logic is pointed out.
Statement 1: ABCD is either a square or a rhombus, so different areas. Insufficient.
Statement 2:
ABCD is a parallelogram with equal diagonals, so cannot be a rhombus. Possibly a rectangle or a square. Insufficient.1+2. It must be a square.
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