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a kite has four sides, 2 of each in equal length. just like a rectangle, but a kite has two acute angles, and two obtuse angles.. a rectangle has 4 angles, 90 degrees in measure each.

the inside angles must equal 360 degrees, so they can be any numbers, as long as they add up to 360.

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