Quadrilaterals Review

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What is a quadrilateral?

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A quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides, four vertices, and four angles.

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What are the properties of a rectangle?

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A rectangle has opposite sides that are equal in length, all angles are right angles (90 degrees), and the diagonals are equal in length.

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How do you classify a quadrilateral with all sides equal and all angles equal?

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It is classified as a square.

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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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If one angle of a quadrilateral is 90 degrees and the other three angles are equal, what is the measure of the other angles?

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Each of the other angles measures 90 degrees.

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What is a parallelogram?

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A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with opposite sides that are parallel and equal in length.

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What distinguishes a rhombus from a rectangle?

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A rhombus has all sides equal in length, while a rectangle has all angles equal to 90 degrees.

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If the lengths of the diagonals of a quadrilateral are equal, what can be inferred about the quadrilateral?

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It may be a rectangle or a square.

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What is a kite in terms of quadrilaterals?

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A kite is a quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of adjacent sides that are equal in length.

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How do you find the length of a diagonal in a rectangle?

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Use the Pythagorean theorem: d = √(length² + width²).