Questions and Answers
What is a closed figure formed by 4 segments intersecting at their endpoints?
What is a quadrilateral in which opposite sides are parallel and congruent?
Parallelogram
What is a parallelogram with four right angles?
Rectangle
What is a parallelogram with four congruent sides?
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What is a parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles?
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What do you call a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides?
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What are the parallel sides of a trapezoid called?
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What are the non-parallel sides of a trapezoid called?
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What are angles at the bases of a trapezoid called?
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Study Notes
Quadrilaterals
- Closed figure comprised of four segments that intersect at their endpoints.
Parallelogram
- A type of quadrilateral where opposite sides are both parallel and congruent.
Rectangle
- A specific parallelogram characterized by having four right angles.
Rhombus
- Another kind of parallelogram, distinguished by having four congruent sides.
Square
- A special case of parallelogram that possesses both four congruent sides and four right angles.
Trapezoid
- A quadrilateral that features exactly one pair of parallel sides.
Bases
- Refers to the parallel sides of a trapezoid, crucial for determining its properties.
Legs
- The non-parallel sides of a trapezoid, contributing to its overall shape.
Base Angles
- The angles located at the bases of a trapezoid, important for various geometric calculations.
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