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A trapezoid (or trapezium, outside of North America) is a four-sided figure with two opposite sides that are parallel. Thus a trapezoid is a special type of quadrilateral, which is any four-sided figure. A quadrilateral is itself a special type of polygon, which is any figure with straight sides.

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Is trapezoid classify square?

No.


What are all the names for the trapezoid?

All the names to classify a trapezoid are a trapezoid and a quadrilateral.


What can you classify a trapezoid by?

It is a quadrilateral because it has 4 sides


What are other ways to classify a square?

rectangle and trapezoid


What other ways can you classify a trapezoid?

A trapezoid is a 4 sided quadrilateral that has a pair of opposite parallel sides of different lengths and it can also be classified as an isosceles trapezoid when it has one line of symmetry


How many ways to classify a square?

A square may be classified as a rectangle, a parallelogram, a rhombus, a polygon, and a quadrilateral.


Is a trapezoid always an isosceles trapezoid?

No, not every trapezoid is an isosceles trapezoid.


The median of a trapezoid bisects the bases of the trapezoid?

The altitude of a trapezoid bisects the bases of the trapezoid.


How do you find height of a trapezoid?

A trapezoid is a polygon. Therefore, a trapezoid has no height


What are different for a trapezoid?

A trapezoid can also take the form of an isosceles trapezoid


What is a trapezoid with congruent diagonals?

A trapezoid with congruent diagonals is an isosceles trapezoid.


Difference with trapezoid and isosceles trapezoid?

If the two sides which are not parallel have equal lengths, then the trapezoid is called an isosceles trapezoid (standard trapezoid has unequal sides). The base angles in an isosceles trapezoid are equal in measurement, also I know that a trapezoid with two nonparallel sides the same length is called an isosceles trapezoid.