Chapter 5
I’m Up and Down, and Round and Round
CBSE Class 9
Mathematics Solutions
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Question:

Show that rectangle is the only parallelogram that can be inscribed in a circle.

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Let ABCD be a parallelogram inscribed in a circle.

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Since, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.

∠A+∠C=180∘...(i)\angle A + \angle C = 180^\circ \quad \text{...(i)}

[Opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral]

Since, ABCD is a parallelogram.

∠A=∠C...(ii)\angle A = \angle C \quad \text{...(ii)}

[Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal]

From (i) and (ii),

2∠A=180∘2\angle A = 180^\circ

∠A=90∘\angle A = 90^\circ

Similarly, ∠B=∠D=90∘\angle B = \angle D = 90^\circ.

A parallelogram with all angles 90∘90^\circ is a rectangle.

Hence, only a rectangle among parallelograms can be inscribed in a circle.

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