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| Geometry QB - No. 7 |
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Harish Dorai
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It can be a square only if the individual angles are 90 degrees. As per definition, SQUARE is actually a subset of RHOMBUS. So with the given information, we can certainly say that the quadrilateral is a Rhombus, but we cannot say it is a SQUARE.
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Jimmy
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Ron, Can you chime in with a better explanation than this? I am also confused...I would think B is not enough to tell us if it is a rhombus or square.
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Stacey Koprince
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Harish is right. A rhombus is a quad that has all 4 sides the same (which also means that the opposite angles are equal). A square is a rhombus that ALSO has 90-degree angles for the four angles.
So (2) tells us the shape is a rhombus. It may or may not be a square - that would depend upon the angle measures, which we don't know. |
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