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Can you use the term parallelogram to describe a rectangle

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Yes. In order for a shape to be qualified as a parallelogram It has to have 4 main properties. Opposite sides are parallel. Opposite sides have to be congruent. The opposite angles are congruent. Consecutive angles are supplementary (adds to 180-degrees). A rectangle qualifies all of these properties for a parallelogram. Opposite sides are parallel which works for a rectangle since they never intersects with the oppposit line. Opposite sides are congruent or equal which is also true becuase when looking at any 2 opposite sides of a rectangle, its always gonna be equal. Opposite angles are congurent which is also true because their all 90 degrees all are equal. And finally consecutive angles add up to 180. Soncsuive int his case basically means the angle next to that angle but we don’t have to worry about that since all angles of a rectangle are 90 and 90+90=180 so it also DOES qualify for a parallelogram.

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