Properties of rectangles, rhombuses and squares

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What is a rectangle?

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A rectangle is a quadrilateral with four right angles.

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What are the properties of a rhombus?

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A rhombus has all sides congruent, opposite angles are equal, and diagonals bisect each other at right angles.

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What defines a square?

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A square is a quadrilateral with all sides congruent and all angles equal to 90 degrees.

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What is the relationship between rectangles and parallelograms?

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A rectangle is a type of parallelogram that has four right angles.

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What is the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral?

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The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees.

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How do the diagonals of a rhombus behave?

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The diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles and bisect the angles of the rhombus.

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What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

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The area of a rectangle is calculated as Area = length × width.

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What is the formula for the area of a square?

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The area of a square is calculated as Area = side².

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What is the property of the diagonals in a rectangle?

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The diagonals of a rectangle are congruent (equal in length).

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What do rectangles, rhombuses, and squares have in common?

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They are all quadrilaterals and parallelograms.