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Q: Do all squares have only 2 sets of parallell sides?
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What the difference between square and rectangle?

In math, are squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares. Also rectangle have two sets of even sides and two sets of un-even sides. But all square sides are equal.


Are all sided shapes parallelograms?

No. Parallelograms have only 4 sides with 2 sets of parallel sides: they include squares, rectangles, and rhombuses (rhombi, diamond shapes). Because opposite angles are equal, each pair of parallel sides is equal in length. (For squares and "equilateral rhombi" all four sides are equal in length.)


Which are the measurements of the sides of a right triangle?

There's an infinite list of 3-number sets that can be the lengths of the sides of aright triangle. The only fact that's true of all of them is:(square of the length of the longest side) = (sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.)


Do all squares have two parallel sides?

All squares have TWO SETS of opposite, parallel sides. A square is a parallelogram with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles (right angles) of which adjacent sides are perpendicular. The related parallelogram, the rhombus, or "diamond" shape, also has 4 equal sides, but no right angles, where opposite angles are equal and adjacent angles are supplementary (sum to 180 degrees).


Why are squares rectangles but not all rectangles are squares?

A rectangle has four sides and four right-angled corners.A square has four sides and four right-angled corners andhas all sides of equal length.A rectangle is defined as having:Four sides;All angles equal at 90°;Two pairs of opposite sides of equal length.A square is defined as having:Four sides;All angles equal at 90°;All four sides of equal length.The first two properties are common to both the square and rectangle.The third property differs:For a square all sides are of equal length. They can be divided into two pairs of opposite sides of equal length, which is the third property of the rectangle. Thus all squares are rectangles.For a rectangle, having two pairs of opposite sides of equal length means that the two pairs can have different lengths (as long as the sides in each pair are the same length). The two sets may have the same length, in which case the rectangle is a square, but if the two sets have different lengths then all four sides do not all have the same length, and so are not squares. Thus not all rectangles are squares.Squares form a proper subset of the rectangles (squares ⊂ rectangles) where the two sets of pairs of opposite sides have equal length (ie all four sides are of equal length).

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What is the negation of the statement Squares are parallelogram?

Squares are people with no life. Parallelograms have two sets of sides that are each parallell to the respective opposite side. People do not have two sets of sides, nor are humanic sides parallel. Therfore, a square is not similar/congruent/equal to a parallelogram.


What the difference between square and rectangle?

In math, are squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares. Also rectangle have two sets of even sides and two sets of un-even sides. But all square sides are equal.


Are Two squares that have sides of equal length yes or no?

Are they what? Are they congruent? Yes. If your question was "Are squares shapes with sides of equal length" Then, yes. Yes they are. Squares have 2 sets of parallel lines, & 4 congruent sides. As a 2-Dimensional figure, the have only one plane. (Also, they have 4 right angles.) I hope this helped!


Are all sided shapes parallelograms?

No. Parallelograms have only 4 sides with 2 sets of parallel sides: they include squares, rectangles, and rhombuses (rhombi, diamond shapes). Because opposite angles are equal, each pair of parallel sides is equal in length. (For squares and "equilateral rhombi" all four sides are equal in length.)


How squares and rectangles alike?

They both have two sets of parallel sides, and they both have four right angles.


What shape with 4 sides has 2 pairs of parallel sides?

Quadrilaterals with two sets of parallel sides are parallelograms. Parallograms include squares, rectangles, and rhombi (rhombuses).


Are parallelograms squares?

yes because a paralellogram has two sets of paralell sides and a square does too and opposite sides are equal in length and opposite angles are congruent yes because a paralellogram has two sets of paralell sides and a square does too and opposite sides are equal in length and opposite angles are congruent


Why are only some rectangles squares?

All rectangles have four right angles, and two sets of parallel sides (two are perpendicular to the other two. However, the square is a special type of rectangle that has 4 equal sides as well as the 4 equal angles. A rectangle will have two sets of parallel sides of equal length.


What is true about rectangles but not about squares?

rectangles have 2 sets of parellel sides but 2 different pairs of side lengths


Which are the measurements of the sides of a right triangle?

There's an infinite list of 3-number sets that can be the lengths of the sides of aright triangle. The only fact that's true of all of them is:(square of the length of the longest side) = (sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.)


How do a rectangle and square both have 2 sets of parallel sides and 4 right angles?

Because the corners of both rectangles and squares are 90 degrees (right angles) - and opposite sides of rectangles and squares are always parallel !


What quadrillateral has 2 sets of parallel sides and 4 right angles?

Every rectangle has those qualifications. That includes squares.