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A four side polynomial with two pairs of opposite side congruent and parallel as well as four right interior angle.

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A rectangle is a shape with 4 sides and 4 90 degree angles.

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Why does a rectangle have perpendicular lines?

They are what makes it a rectangle. The rectangle is a special kind of parallelogram. The perpendicular lines cause it to be called a rectangle.


What attribute makes a rectangle a special parrallelogram?

A parallelogram with a right angle is a rectangle.


What makes a quadrilateral and a parallelogram different from a rectangle?

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What makes a square a special kind of rectangle?

A square is a rectangle in which all the sides are the same length.


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What makes a rectangle a parellelogram?

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What makes rectangle a square?

Adjacent sides are also equal.


What number makes a rectangle four tiles wide?

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What number makes a rectangle 4 tile wide?

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What makes a square and rectangle not alike?

Every square is a rectangle because a rectangle is a polygon with 4 sides (a quadrilateral) and 4 right angles. A square is a rectangle with 4 equal sides. So the thing that would makes some rectangles not like squares is they have only two sides of equal length and not four.


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