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Because it looks like a 'circus trapeze'.
The suffix ' ---oid' means 'like'. So 'trapezoid' means 'trapeze like'.
A trapezium is a quadrilateral, consisting of two parallel lines, but of different length.
The connecting lines, to make it a quadrilateral are NOT parallel,
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A trapezoid with nonparallel sides of same length called?
Isosceles trapezoid.
What is a Trapezoid whose nonparallel sides are congruent called?
That would be an isosceles trapezoid.
What shape has 2 names?
ANSWER: A parallelogram (It can also be called a trapezoid) ... but a trapezoid is not a parallelogram!
What is an polygon with four unequel sides called?
A trapezoid unless it is an isosceles trapezoid
What is the three triangles called?
trapezoid
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