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

$A B C D$ is a parallelogram, with $A C, B D$ as diagonals, then $\mathbf{A C}-\mathbf{B D}$ is equal to
  1. $4 \mathbf{A B}$
  2. $\mathbf{A B}$
  3. $3 \mathbf{A B}$
  4. $2 \mathbf{A B}$

Solution

In $\triangle A B C$
$\mathbf{A C}=\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{B C}$ 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

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