$A B C D$ is a parallelogram, with $A C, B D$ as diagonals, then $\mathbf{A C}-\mathbf{B D}$ is equal to
- $4 \mathbf{A B}$
- $\mathbf{A B}$
- $3 \mathbf{A B}$
- $2 \mathbf{A B}$
Solution

$\mathbf{A C}=\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{B C}$ and in $\triangle A B D \mathbf{A D}=\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{B D z}$ $\mathbf{B C}=\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{B D}$ $(\because \mathbf{A D}=\mathbf{B C}) \ldots(\mathrm{ii})$ From Eqs. (i) and (ii) $\begin{aligned} & \mathbf{A C}=\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{B D} \\ & \mathbf{A C}=\mathbf{B D}=2 \mathbf{A B}\end{aligned}$
Asked in: AP EAMCET 2001