SOLUTION: Coordinate geometry proof: Prove- The diagonals of a parallelogram are not perpendicular. Don't really get this one. What would the picture look like? What formulas and concl

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Question 837928: Coordinate geometry proof:
Prove- The diagonals of a parallelogram are not perpendicular.
Don't really get this one. What would the picture look like? What formulas and concluding statement would you use ?

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That statement is not always true. If the parallelogram is a rhombus, then its diagonals are perpendicular.
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