Which of the following statements is false?
A. A square is a regular quadrilateral.
B. A rectangle is an equiangular quadrilateral.
C. A parallelogram is a rectangle.
D. Opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent.

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The answer is B. A rectangle is an equiangular quadrilateral. I found this out by ruling out all the other answers until I found the one that was false.

The false statement is - 'A parallelogram is a rectangle.'

The correct answer is an option (C)

What is a regular quadrilateral?

"It is a 4 sided polygon which is equiangular and equilateral."

What is rectangle?

"It is a quadrilateral in which all angles measure 90° and opposite sides are parallel and equal in length."

What is parallelogram?

"It is  a quadrilateral in which opposite sides are parallel and equal in length."

What is equiangular quadrilateral?

"It is a quadrilateral that has 90° internal angles."

For given question,

We know that a square is a equiangular quadrilateral and all sides are congruent.

This means,  a square is a regular quadrilateral.

A rectangle is an equiangular quadrilateral, as all internal angles of rectangle measure 90°

By definition of parallelogram,  opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent.

But a parallelogram is not an equiangular quadrilateral.

So, a parallelogram is not a rectangle.

Therefore, the false statement is - 'A parallelogram is a rectangle.'

The correct answer is an option (C)

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