alleryWhich property holds for the diagonals of every parallelogram?
AThey are all equal
BThey bisect each other
CThey are perpendicular
DThey are parallel
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. They bisect each other
1. An equivalent condition for a parallelogram is that its diagonals bisect each other.
2. Equal diagonals hold only for rectangles, not every parallelogram.
3. Perpendicular diagonals hold for rhombi, not every parallelogram.
_Source: Wikipedia, Quadrilateral, section Convex quadrilateral_
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