Prove the diagonals of a parallelogram meet at right angles if and only if it is a rhombus.

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Diagonals ⊥ iff the parallelogram is a rhombus

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Drag parallelogram OACB and watch diagonals meet at right angles exactly when |a| = |b|; step the iff vector proof.

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