2007-03-12 05:26:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
it does not need to have right angles
2007-03-12 05:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although the four sides of a rhombus are of equal length & the pairs of opposing angles are of equal magnitude, the angles themselves can be of any size between 0 and 180 degrees. With a square, the angles are all 90 degrees.
Consequently, a square is a particular kind of rhombus, although not every rhombus is a square.
2007-03-13 08:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by general_ego 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhombus does not have right angles and has only 2 lines of symmetry. A square has 4 of both these two attributes. Both shapes do have 4 equal sides however.
2007-03-12 05:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by samthedog 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
rhombus: 4 congruent sides
square: 4 congruent sides and 4 right angles.
square is a rhombus but rhombus is not a square
2007-03-12 05:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both are quadrilaterals with all 4 sides equal. Squares have all angles equal (they are right angles) in a rhombus, only the opposite angles are equal.
2007-03-12 05:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well an rhombus is equilateral parallelogram, it has all the equal and the obsite sides are pallel. A square is aslo an equilateral parallelogram and therefore no difference!
2007-03-12 05:34:44 · answer #6 · answered by Blondie the second 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In geometry, a rhombus is a quadrilateral in which all of the sides are of equal length, i.e., it is an equilateral quadrangle. If any angle of an equilateral quadrangle is a right angle, then all its angles are right angles and it is ALSO a square.
2007-03-12 07:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by costa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rhombus leans to one side. Like a square cardboard box with no bottom for rigidity, lying on one side.
A rhomboid is a leaning rectangle. It would look like a crooked doorway.
2007-03-12 05:45:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rhombus ... angles do not have to be congruent... opposite sides are parallel
square ... all angles and sides are congruent ... opposite sides are parallel
2007-03-12 05:41:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋