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Answered 2009-02-02 21:40:06
No, a rectangle cannot be a square. but a square is a rectangle.
The definition of a square is 4 parallel sides in which all sides are equal in length.
The definition of a rectangle is 4 parallel sides.
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A rectangle and square are both parallelograms.
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