7.5 Special Parallelograms

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What is a parallelogram?

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A parallelogram is a four-sided figure (quadrilateral) with opposite sides that are parallel and equal in length.

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True or False? All rectangles are parallelograms.

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True

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What is a square?

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A square is a special type of parallelogram that has all sides equal and all angles equal to 90 degrees.

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Which quadrilateral has all right angles and all sides the same length?

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Square

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What is a rectangle?

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A rectangle is a parallelogram with four right angles.

Front

True or False? Every square is a rectangle.

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True

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What is a rhombus?

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A rhombus is a parallelogram with all sides equal in length but not necessarily with right angles.

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What are the properties of a parallelogram?

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Opposite sides are equal, opposite angles are equal, and the diagonals bisect each other.

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What is the relationship between squares, rectangles, and rhombuses?

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All squares are rectangles and rhombuses, but not all rectangles and rhombuses are squares.

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What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

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Area = length × width.