Describe why a square is always a rhombus but a rhombus is not always a square.?

Question

Describe why a square is always a rhombus but a rhombus is not always a square. Your answer should be a paragraph with at least three complete sentences. Don’t forget to run a spell-check on your work.

Answer 1

Ah doing homework are we?

A rhombus is a closed four cornered four sided geometric shape with equal length straight sides. A square is a closed four corned shape with four equal length straight sides and "four equal angles" inside that shape. Since the combined angles or sum of all the angles of a closed geometric shape is 360º then dividing that by four is 90º. Therefore a square is a closed geometric shape that fits the criteria of a rhombus but having four equal angles.

Like you'll get an "A" but you're going to have to remember this on a real test. Next time pay attention in class.

Answer 2

A rhombus, by definintion, is a 4-sided geometric figure where all four sides are the same length. Squares are also 4-sided figures where all four sides are the same length. The difference is a square is also a regular polygon (all sides are the same in length and all angles are equal in degrees). See, a rhombus could have 2 angles that are 60 degrees and 2 angles that are 120 degrees. The only time a rhombus is a square is when all 4 angles are 90 degrees.

Answer 3

i think the question is kinda like a trick question.. a diamond is one.. For excample, a diamond is always a rhombus but, of course a diamond is never a sqaure.. so there for maybe a rhombus isnt always a square, maybe somtimes it takes a slightly different shape..In geometry, a rhombus (from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος - rhombos, “rhombus, spinning top”), (plural rhombi or rhombuses) or rhomb (plural rhombs) is an equilateral parallelogram. in other words its exactly the same on one side as it is to the other.. if you were to mirror one side you will have the perfect shape. ([) if i could create a mirror image of of the shape in the brackets it would create a small rectangle.. you can do this with any rhombus The rhombus is often called a diamond, after the diamonds suit in playing cards, or a lozenge, because those shapes are similar rhombi, although rhombi are not necessarily diamonds or lozenges. A rhombus is a variety of quadrilateral. A rhombus with right angles is a square (because modern mathematicians usually prefer inclusive definitions, though Euclid specifically excluded the square from his definition). The dual polygon of a rhombus is a rectangle. One of the five 2D lattice types is the rhombic lattice, also called centered rectangular lattice.

Answer 4

In a square, all four sides are equal and all angles measure 90 degrees. But in a rhombus, all four sides are equal, but the angles need not necessarily be 90 degrees. So , a square is a rhombus, but a rhombus is not a square.

Answer 5

I would suggest that you look up the definition of a rhombus and the definition of a square. By comparing the two, you can easily see why this is the case...

Answer 6

Squares and rhombi have four sides of equal length.have sides of two different lengths, as long as opposite sides are The opposite angles of each kind of square and rhombi are equal in measure. However, squares have all right angles, while rhombi have two angles smaller than a right angle and two angles larger than a right angle.