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A rectangle and a trapezoid are alike in that:
- both are polygons
- both have four sides (that is, both are quadrilaterals)
- both have four angles
- both have interior angles whose sum is 360°
- both have exterior angles whose sum is 360°
- both have at least one pair of parallel sides
- the area of each is (1/2 of the height) times (the sum of the bases)
- both can tesselate
By definition, a rectangle is NOT a trapezoid since a trapezoid can have ONLY one set of parallel sides and a rectangle always has two.
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Is a trapezoid and a rectangle a polygon?
A trapezoid and a rectangle are both polygons.
Is every rhombus a parallelogram rectangle square or trapezoid?
'A square is a type of rectangle, a rectangle is a type of paralellogram, a paralellogram is a type of trapezoid, a trapezoid is a type of quadrilateral.
Is a rectangle always a trapezoid?
A rectangle is never a trapezoid because a rectangle does not have exactly 1 pair of parallel sides
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.
How is a trapezoid different to a rectangle?
a trapezoid has 1 pair of parallel lines and a rectangle has 2 parallel lines
