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If all the sides of a parallelogram touches a circle, show that the parallelogram is a rhombus.
                                
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Hint : This question is based on the concept of geometry of circles. And its type is based on the result that the tangents drawn from an exterior point to a circle are equal in length. By using some properties of tangent to a circle we can prove this statement.

Complete step by step answer:
Given that ,ABCD is a parallelogram with sides AB,BC,CD,AD touching a circle with centreO at P,Q,R,S respectively.
We have to prove that ABCD is a rhombus .
Proof:
We know that the tangents to a circle from an exterior point are always equal in length.
AP=AS [Tangent From A] …..(i)
BP=BQ [Tangent From B] …….(ii)
CR=CQ [Tangent From C] …….(iii)
And DR=DS [Tangent From D] ……(iv)
Now Adding equation (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv), we get
AP+BP+CR+DR=AS+BQ+CQ+DS
Now we separate those sides together which are making a complete side ,
(AP+BP)+(CR+DR)=(AS+DS)+(BQ+CQ)
As given in figure, (AP+BP)=AB and (CR+DR)=CD and (AS+DS)=AD and (BQ+CQ)=BC,we get
AB+CD+AD+BC
We know that in a parallelogram, opposite sides are equal so,
2AB=2BC [ABCD is a parallelogram AB=CD and BC=AD ]
AB=BC
Thus ,AB=BC=CD=AD
Hence ,all sides of ABCD are equal so we can say that ABCD is a rhombus.

Note : In this question ,first we have to identify what is given and what we have to prove, then by using some properties of tangent to a circle we will make some equations based on the sides of the parallelogram then by adding those equations and again using some properties we made a statement which is a property of a rhombus , hence we proved the given statement.