What is the difference between a parallelogram and a trapizoid

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Tania Wall

6 June, 19:34

What is the difference between a parallelogram and a trapizoid

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Hazel Swanson · Answer 1

A parallelogram is a figure with 4 straight sides whose opposite sides are parallel and equal in length and whose opposite angles are equal. a trapezoid is also a figure with 4 straight sides however, only one pair of opposite sides is parallel.

Martha Grimes · Answer 2

Well, a parallelogram is a 4-sided flat shape with straight sides where opposite sides are parallel.

Also:

• opposite sides are equal in length, and

• opposite angles are equal

And a trapizoid is a 4-sided flat shape with straight sides that has a pair of opposite sides parallel.

So the difference between a trapizoid and a parallelogram is very simple:

A trapezoid has exactly one pair of parallel sides and a parallelogram

has exactly two pairs of parallel sides.