2007-04-02 14:50:51 · 4 answers · asked by stormy2u2001 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
A rhombus and a square are both parallelograms. Parallelograms are shapes with 2 pairs of parallel sides.
Rhombus:
-all 4 sides are congruent in length
-there are no right angles
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There's my little drawing of a rhombus!
Square:
-all 4 sides are congruent
-all 4 angles are right
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And there's my little drawing of a square!
2007-04-02 14:56:55 · answer #1 · answered by ♥pirate♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You mean a 4-sided plane figure with 4 congruent sides? Because otherwise we can draw any kind of polygon with more than 4 sides where only 4 of them are of the same length.
But a 4-sided shape with all sides the same is a rhombus. To say "a square" or "a square or a rhombus" isn't necessarily correct, because a square is a special case of a rhombus.
2007-04-02 14:53:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Either a rhombus or a square.
2007-04-02 14:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
square and rhombus.
2007-04-02 14:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋