
If it has four lines of reflectional symmetry, it is a square. If it also has exactly two lines of reflectional symmetry then it must be a rhombus or an oblong (a non-square rectangle). A parallelogram has rotational symmetry of order 2 (through 180°) (or order 4 if a square).Any non-degenerate affine transformation takes a parallelogram to another parallelogram.Any line through the midpoint of a parallelogram bisects the area.The area of a parallelogram is also equal to the magnitude of the vector cross product of two adjacent sides.The area of a parallelogram is twice the area of a triangle created by one of its diagonals.Opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel (by definition) and so will never intersect.Thus all parallelograms have all the properties listed above, and conversely, if just one of these statements is true in a simple quadrilateral, then it is a parallelogram. There is a point X in the plane of the quadrilateral with the property that every straight line through X divides the quadrilateral into two regions of equal area.(This is an extension of Viviani's theorem.) The sum of the distances from any interior point to the sides is independent of the location of the point.The sum of the squares of the sides equals the sum of the squares of the diagonals.Each diagonal divides the quadrilateral into two congruent triangles.One pair of opposite sides is parallel and equal in length.Two pairs of opposite angles are equal in measure.Two pairs of opposite sides are equal in length.Two pairs of opposite sides are parallel (by definition).Square – A parallelogram with four sides of equal length and angles of equal size (right angles).Ī simple (non-self-intersecting) quadrilateral is a parallelogram if and only if any one of the following statements is true:.Any parallelogram that is neither a rectangle nor a rhombus was traditionally called a rhomboid but this term is not used in modern mathematics. Rhombus – A parallelogram with four sides of equal length.


