A quadrilateral is a polygon with 4 sides. A diagonal of a quadrilat- eral is a line segment whose end-points are opposite vertices of the quadrilateral. Definition: A parallelogram is a quadrilateral where both pairs of opposite sides are parallel. We use the symbol to represent a parallelogram.
Q. What quadrilateral has opposite sides are congruent?
Name of Quadrilateral | Description |
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Rectangle | 2 pairs of parallel sides. 4 right angles (90°). Opposite sides are parallel and congruent. All angles are congruent. |
Square | 4 congruent sides. 4 right angles (90°). Opposite sides are parallel. All angles are congruent. |
Trapezoid | Only one pair of opposite sides is parallel. |
Q. Are opposite sides of a quadrilateral always congruent?
RECTANGLES: 1) Opposite sides are congruent (they equal each other). 2) Opposite angles are congruent (they equal each other). 3) Consecutive angles are supplementary (they add up to 180).
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- Q. What quadrilateral has opposite sides are congruent?
- Q. Are opposite sides of a quadrilateral always congruent?
- Q. Which quadrilateral has 2 pairs of opposite congruent sides?
- Q. What quadrilateral has opposite sides are congruent and parallel?
- Q. Is any 4 sided polygon a quadrilateral yes or no?
- Q. What’s bigger than a decagon?
- Q. What is a 96 sided polygon called?
Q. Which quadrilateral has 2 pairs of opposite congruent sides?
A kite is a quadrilateral with exactly two pairs of adjacent congruent sides. (This definition excludes rhombi. Some textbooks say a kite has at least two pairs of adjacent congruent sides, so a rhombus is a special case of a kite.)
Q. What quadrilateral has opposite sides are congruent and parallel?
parallelogram
The only regular (all sides equal and all angles equal) quadrilateral is a square. So all other quadrilaterals are irregular.
Q. Is any 4 sided polygon a quadrilateral yes or no?
Q. What’s bigger than a decagon?
Polygons: How Many Sides?
3 | triangle, trigon |
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10 | decagon |
11 | hendecagon |
12 | dodecagon, duodecagon |
13 | triskaidecagon, tridecagon |
Q. What is a 96 sided polygon called?
enneacontahexagon