Mathematics A-Level
parallelogram proofs
What parallelogram proofs means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
Definition of parallelogram proofs
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Proving that opposite vector displacements are equal, such as AB = DC, proves that ABCD is a parallelogram.
Topics that use parallelogram proofs
- Vectors (AS Unit 1: Pure Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- direction
- Displacement vector
- Euclidean distance
- geometric vector proofs
- Parallel vectors
- Position vector
- position vectors
- scalar multiplication
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