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Q: If you cut a trapezoid into 3 equal parts what shapes would it make?
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If you cut a trapezoid into 3 equal parts what pattern block shapes would it make?

square


Does a trapezoid have 4 equal sides?

No, a trapezoid does not have 4 equal sides.


What is the Name of a square with no equal sides?

It isn't really a square if it has no equal sides. A trapezoid can be drawn that has no equal sides, some can have two sides equal. Quadrilaterals include those 4-sided shapes with no sides equal but they also include all other 4-sided shapes. You would need to specify "Quadrilateral with no equal sides".


How can you Divide a trapezoid into four equal parts?

yes you can put a trapezoid on top and the bottom but upside down and the one on the side put it side ways so you have 4 trapezoids Would you trust an answer that isn't even punctuated? Not that it would make any sense even if it were. The question says "a trapezoid"; that means one, not four. Probably the easiest method is to divide the trapezoid into 2 equal parts, then divide each of these into 2 equal parts. Bisect the parallel sides, then connect the midpoints forming 2 new trapezoids each half the size of the original. The bases of each are equal and each is the same height. Repeat the procedure for each of the new trapezoids. All 4 will be equal in area, but they won't be congruent (equal in shape).


Do the diagonals of a trapezoid bisect each other?

No, never. A trapezoid may have diagonals of equal length (isosceles trapezoid), but they do not intersect at their midpoints.Draw the diagonals of a trapezoid, for example, an isosceles trapezoid, thereby creating 4 triangles inside the trapezoid. Now assume the diagonals do bisect each other. The congruent corresponding sides of the top and bottom triangles with the included vertical angle would make the triangles congruent by the side-angle-side theorem. But this is a contradiction since the respective bases of the triangles, forming the top and bottom of the trapezoid are, of course, not equal. Therefore, the triangles cannot be congruent. Hence, we have given proof by contradiction that diagonals in a trapezoid cannot bisect each other.

Related questions

If you cut a trapezoid into 3 equal parts what pattern block shapes would it make?

square


Does a trapezoid have 4 equal sides?

No, a trapezoid does not have 4 equal sides.


If you have a hexagon and you put a line in the middle what would the shapes called?

Trapezoid.


What is the Name of a square with no equal sides?

It isn't really a square if it has no equal sides. A trapezoid can be drawn that has no equal sides, some can have two sides equal. Quadrilaterals include those 4-sided shapes with no sides equal but they also include all other 4-sided shapes. You would need to specify "Quadrilateral with no equal sides".


How can you Divide a trapezoid into four equal parts?

yes you can put a trapezoid on top and the bottom but upside down and the one on the side put it side ways so you have 4 trapezoids Would you trust an answer that isn't even punctuated? Not that it would make any sense even if it were. The question says "a trapezoid"; that means one, not four. Probably the easiest method is to divide the trapezoid into 2 equal parts, then divide each of these into 2 equal parts. Bisect the parallel sides, then connect the midpoints forming 2 new trapezoids each half the size of the original. The bases of each are equal and each is the same height. Repeat the procedure for each of the new trapezoids. All 4 will be equal in area, but they won't be congruent (equal in shape).


How much congruent sides does a trapezoid have?

If it is a normal trapezoid, 2 sides would be equal (the left and right sides).


Can the parallel sides of any trapezoid be equal?

No, because then it would be a parallelogram.


Is there 2 sets of equal sides in a trapezoid?

No, because in that case it would be a parallelogram.


Can the parallel sides of an isosceles trapezoid be equal Why?

No because otherwise it would be a rectangle


Is the length of the midsegment of a trapezoid equal to the sum of the lengths of the bases?

No, the length of the midsegment of a trapezoid is equal to the average of the lengths of the bases. The sum of the lengths of the bases would typically yield a longer length than the midsegment.


What shape has no equal angles and only one pair of parallel sides?

That shape would be a trapezoid.


Can the parallel of any trapezoid be equal?

No, because then it would become a different type of a 4 sided quadrilateral