Consider the following statement:

"A parallelogram is a four-sided figure with opposite sides parallel and equal in length."

Is this statement a conjecture, definition, or a theorem?

Definition

Conjecture

Theorem

1 answer

The statement "A parallelogram is a four-sided figure with opposite sides parallel and equal in length" is a definition. Definitions provide precise meanings for terms and concepts, establishing the criteria that something must meet to be classified as that term. In this case, the definition describes the properties that a shape must have to be considered a parallelogram.

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