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All four sides of a rhombus are the same length. In a parallelogram there are two pairs of sides with equal lengths but one pair is different from the other pair.
Willy Cummings
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∙ 9y agoAll four sides in a rhombus must be of the same length. In a parallelogram, the pair of opposite sides must be of the same length, but each pair can be different from the other.
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∙ 11y agoAll sides of a rhombus must be the same. That is not required of a parallelogram.
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How is a parallelogram different from a rhombus?
Technically, a rhombus is a parallelogram, but a parallelogram is not always a rhombus. A parallelogram is any four-sided shape with two sets of parallel lines. A rhombus is a parallelogram with all equivalent side lengths. So, a rhombus is a more specific parallelogram. (And so is a a square or a rectangle.)
How is a rhombus A parallelogram different?
Technically, a rhombus is a parallelogram, but a parallelogram is not always a rhombus. A parallelogram is any four-sided shape with two sets of parallel lines. A rhombus is a parallelogram with all equivalent side lengths. So, a rhombus is a more specific parallelogram. (And so is a a square or a rectangle.)
What is one way a parallelogram is different from a rhombus?
Adjacent sides of a parallelogram can be of different lengths.
What are different names for a parallelogram?
rhombus rectangle
What a different names for a parallelogram?
rhombus rectangle
How is a rhombus the same as a parallelogram?
A rhombus is a parallelogram, but a parallelogram isn't always a rhombus. A rhombus is a parallelogram where all the lines are the same length.
Is every parallelogram a rhombus?
A rhombus is a self-intersecting shape with four sides. Every parallelogram is a rhombus. The angle of the intersections are the only variances.* * * * *Not true.A rhombus is a simple polygon. It is notself-intersecting.Every rhombus is a parallelogram but every parallelogram is not a rhombus! (The opposite of what the previous answer claimed.) All four sides of a rhombus are of the same length. In a parallelogram, each pair of opposite sides are equal, but the adjacent sides are of different length.
Is parallelogram also a rhombus?
A rhombus is a parallelogram, but something that is a parallelogram isn't necessarily a rhombus.
What are rhombus parallelogram and a rectangle are all names for?
A rhombus, a parallelogram, and a rectangle, are different examples of quadrilaterals, that is, four-sided shapes.
What is one thing a parallelogram and rhombus are different?
The sides of a rhombus are all equal.
When cant a parallelogram be a rhombus?
A rhombus is a parallelogram.
Is a parallelogram always sometimes or never a rhombus?
a parallelogram will never ever be a rhombus
