I have to find out what shape it is...

Parallelogram, Square, Rhombus, etc...

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To solve this problem, we use 2 facts:

1. In a parallelogram ABCD, the 2 diagonals, AC and BD, bisect each other.

2. In a circle, the angle subtended by the diameter at the circumference is a right angle.

Label the crossing of 2 diagonals, AC and BD, O.   From 1. and the given condition: AC=BD,

OA=OB=OC=OD=R  

Thus, point O is the center of a circle with radius R that circumscribes parallelogram ABCD.

And AC and BD are the diameters of circle O.   From 2, ∠A=∠B=∠C=∠D=90°

Therefore, parallelogram ABCD is a rectangle, and AD is perpendicular to DC.   Q.E.D.  

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