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One definition of a trapezoid is that it is a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides. The square has two pairs of parallel lines.
Using the idea of exactly one pair of parallel sides, the trapezoid cannot be a square or rectangle.
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Why cant a square can never be a trapezoid?
A square needs to have 4 EQUAL sides. Whereas a Trapezoid's top and bottom sides are different lengths.
Can a square be a trapezoid?
A square can't be a trapezoid because it has two parellel sizes.
Is a trapezoid a square?
No a square is not a trapezoid
What shape is a half of a trapezoid?
Quadrelateral
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.
Can a square and a trapezoid ever have the same area and why?
Yes because if you square root the area of a trapezoid that will give you the side of a square
Could a trapezoid and square ever be congruent?
No
Why cant a square can never be a trapezoid?
A square needs to have 4 EQUAL sides. Whereas a Trapezoid's top and bottom sides are different lengths.
Can a trapezoid and square ever have the same area?
Because a square has equal sides and a trapezoid doesn't, but at the same time they can have the same total but use different factors.
Is a square or trapezoid have a special name and is a parallelogram?
Square = parallelogram and a square trapezoid = trapezoid Parallelogram = Parallelogram
How is a square different from a trapezoid?
a trapezoid is slanted and a square is not
How is a trapezoid different from a square?
a trapezoid is slanted and a square is not
Can a trapezoid look like a square?
No, it is either a trapezoid or a square.
What is a sentence with the word trapezoid in it?
Look at the amazing four-sided trapezoid! That 'square' is not square, it is a trapezoid.
Can a square be a trapezoid?
A square can't be a trapezoid because it has two parellel sizes.
Can Trapezoid can be a square?
A square can't be a trapezoid because it has two parellel sizes.
Is a trapezoid a square?
No a square is not a trapezoid
