• How a Square Can Also Be Considered a Rectangle as Well as Other Shapes

     

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Published: 08.01.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'How a Square Can Also Be Considered a Rectangle as Well as Other Shapes', 1.
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Every square is a rectangle, but not every rectangle is a square. A rectangle always has 4 right angles. So does a square, so that can be considered a rectangle. A rectangle can have sides of any length just as long as all four angles are right angles. A square however must have congruent sides. So not all rectangles are squares, only the rectangles with 4 congruent sides. In real life imagine that you are ordering flowers and you want tulips. A tulip is considered a flower, but are all flowers considered tulips?
A rectangle can be considered a parallelogram with 4 right angles. …

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