Parallelograms are an entirely different class of quadrilaterals when compared to trapezoids.
parallelograms – a four sided figure with two pairs of parallel lines
We compared parallelograms to our previous quadrilateral, the trapezoid and found that the definition of a trapezoid is not as strict since it only asks for one set of parallel lines which gives us more creativity when creating a trapezoid.
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