"equilateral" is a fancy word meaning "has all sides equal". Such a rectangle is called a square.
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A rhombus is never a rectangle. A rhombus has four sides that are equilateral whereas with a rectangle the two sides are equilateral and the two ends are equilateral.
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no, equilateral means that all sides are the same length, Squares, which are rectangles, are equilateral.
Not necissarily. Quadrilateral simply says it has 4 sides. A rectangle has perpendicular sides. Equilateral means that the sides are of equal length (like a square, which is a special case rectangle)
It's a square. A rectangle is any polygon with two pairs pf parallel sides all intersecting at perpendicular angles. It's diagonals are also congruent. This is also true with a square. So, a square could also be considered a rectangle. The only difference is that a square's sides all have to be the same length, and a rectangle's doesn't. 'Equilateral' means all the sides are equal. Therefore, an equilateral rectangle is a square.