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Why is trapezoid not a rectangle?

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A rectangle has four right angles, two parallel pairs of line segments, and the lines are perpendicular. A trapezoid has one pair of parallel angles, and the angles do not have to be right, although a trapezoid with a right angle is called a right angle trapezoid, and a trapezoid with no parallel segments is a trapezium.

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Because a rectangle has two pairs of opposite equal parallel sides whereas a trapezoid only has one pair of opposite parallel sides of different lengths

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because it's a tilted rectangle..

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