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Quadrilateral is a broad category. Within the category quadrilateral, you have trapezoid, rhombus, square, rectangle, and more.

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A shape with only one pair of parallel lines?

Any irregular polygon with 4 or more sides can have only one pair of parallel sides. Only the trapezium (a quadrilateral) has a specific name. Or theres more than the trapezium because i have home work and theres more than three!


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