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Marvin says that all rhombuses are squares. Aretha says that all squares are rhombuses. who is correct?

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Step-by-step explanation: marvin is not correct because not all rhombuses have to be squares

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To be a rhombus the quadrilateral must have all equal sides.
To be a square it must have all equal sides AND angles.

Squares are rhombi, but rhombi are not squares. Thus, Aretha is correct.
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