What makes a kite a parallelogram?

But you could imagine mathematicians have looked at the general shape of these kites, or at least the way they're drawn in cartoons, and say, well, that's an interesting shape in its own right. Let's also make this a mathematical term. This is a shape like a parallelogram or like a rhombus. It's just another type of quadrilateral. read more

A kite is generally not considered a parallelogram. A kite is usually defined as having two sets of consecutive congruent sides. If the definition includes the phrase two DISTINCT sets of congruent sides it will not be a parallelogram, as the opposite sides will not be congruent. read more