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An isosceles trapezium is always :

  1. a parallelogram

  2. a square

  3. a rectangle

  4. a cyclic quadrilateral

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An isosceles trapezium is always. Loci, RSA Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 10.

Given,

ABCD is an isosceles trapezium with AB ∥ CD and AD = BC.

∠A + ∠D = 180° [Interior angles on the same side of a transversal are supplementary]

In an isosceles trapezium,

∠A = ∠B and ∠C = ∠D [Base angles are equal]

So,

∠A + ∠C = 180°

Since a pair of opposite angles of quadrilateral ABCD is supplementary,

ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.

Hence, an isosceles trapezium is always a cyclic quadrilateral.

Hence, option 4 is the correct option.

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