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Why is a rectangle a trapezoid?
A rectangle is not a trapezoid. A trapezoid is defined as a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides and another pair that is not parallel. That description cannot be applied to a rectangle. It is only if you define a trapezoid as a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides and say nothing at all about the other sides, can a rectangle be said to be a trapezoid. But you would have to be mathematically incompetent to use that as a definition of a trapezoid.
Is a rectangle a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides?
It is a quadrilateral with exactly 2 pairs of parallel sides.
Which shape has a pair of opposite sides parallel?
Any shape with more than three sides can have a pair of parallel sides,but doesn't necessarily have.Every square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, and trapezoid hasat least one pair of parallel sides.
How many pairs of parallel sides does a trapezoid have?
The more common definition of a trapezoid (or trapezium, outside of North America) is a four-sided figure with exactly one pair of parallel sides. By this definition, figures with two sets of parallel sides such as a rectangle are nottrapezoids.Some mathematicians use a more general definition that allows for one or more pair of parallel sides. By this definition, a rectangle, square, or rhombus would be considered as special cases of a trapezoid.
At least one pair of parallel sides?
any regular quadrilateral will have at least one pair, this includes, but is not limited to, square, rectangle and parallelogram
