No shape has only 1 parallel side. A trapezoid is a 4-sided shape, or quadrilateral, with only 2 parallel sides; it does not necessarily have to have 2 right angles. (In the UK a trapezoid is called a trapezium.) In North America, a trapezium is a quadrilateral with 0 (no) parallel sides.
a rectangle, which has two sets of parallel side
|\/**\/| |/\__/\| an irregular shape like the one poorly represented above. the top horizontal sides are parallel and the side vertical sides are also parallel, but there can be other non parallel sides like the \/'s an /\'s. depending on the situation this question is being asked for this answer might be adequate. hope this helped. p.s. the in the middle of the shape can be ignored because they are there only to hold shape (spaces didn't work) and the asterisks at the top should be a line (same reasoning) Any regular even-number sided polygon will have at least two pairs of parallel sides. A regular hexagon will have 3 pairs of parallel sides.
A trapezoid would fit the given description which has only 1 pair of parallel sides of different lengths
Any four-sided shape is a Quadrilateral. Square, Rectangle, Parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid etc. It may have no parallel sides as in a kite, 1 parallel side as in trapezoid or 2 parallel sides as in parallelogram.
Not sure how you can have only one parallel side. What is it parallel to?
its a shape
No. The sides of a shape don't need to be equal in length to be parallel.
You mean with two of the sides being parallel and the other two being at a slant with each other? That would be a trapezoid. Here's more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapezoid
No shape has only 1 parallel side. A trapezoid is a 4-sided shape, or quadrilateral, with only 2 parallel sides; it does not necessarily have to have 2 right angles. (In the UK a trapezoid is called a trapezium.) In North America, a trapezium is a quadrilateral with 0 (no) parallel sides.
A rhombus is a four sided shape where all sides are equal length and opposite sides are parallel.
a rectangle, which has two sets of parallel side
Answer: trapezoid Answer: There is no such thing as "one parallel side". Parallel refers to the relationship between TWO lines - so, two lines can either be parallel, or not be parallel. A shape can have one PAIR of parallel sides (e.g. a trapezoid), two PAIRS of parallel sides (e.g., a parallelogram), or more than that (e.g., a regular hexagon has three pairs of parallel sides).
A square or rectangle.
|\/**\/| |/\__/\| an irregular shape like the one poorly represented above. the top horizontal sides are parallel and the side vertical sides are also parallel, but there can be other non parallel sides like the \/'s an /\'s. depending on the situation this question is being asked for this answer might be adequate. hope this helped. p.s. the in the middle of the shape can be ignored because they are there only to hold shape (spaces didn't work) and the asterisks at the top should be a line (same reasoning) Any regular even-number sided polygon will have at least two pairs of parallel sides. A regular hexagon will have 3 pairs of parallel sides.
it might be a rhombus a trapezoid. A quadrilateral is a shape with 4 sides, and parallel sides are sides that go the same direction. .....__________parallel with bottom ..../ . . . . . . . . . \ .../. . . . . . . . . . \ not parallel with other side ../. . . . . . . . . . . \ /_____________\parallel with top The dots are so it doesn't change. sorry.
It is not possible to have 1 parallel side since it must be parallel to another side. A four sided shape with 1 PAIR of parallel sides is a trapezium (or trapezoid).