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What is the spatial relationship between a rectangle and a parallelogram?

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Answer:

a rectangle is a parallelogram as the parallogram is made up of 2 triangles and a smaller rectangle. When the rectangle is divided into 2 triangles and another small rectangle, and is then being put together with the triangles on each side, it will be a parallelogram.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Step-by-step explanation:

A rectangle has the following properties:

  • Has 4 sides
  • Has 4 right angles
  • Opposite sides lengths are equal.
  • Diagonals of rectangle are equal.
  • Opposite sides are parallel.

A parallelogram has the following properties:

  • Has 4 sides
  • Opposite angles are equal.
  • Opposite sides are equal.
  • Opposite sides are parallel.

The similiarities between a rectangle and a parallelgram:

  • Has 4 sides
  • Opposite sides are parallel.
  • Opposite sides are equal.
  • Opposite sides lengths are equal.

The difference between a rectangle and a parallelogram:

The main difference between a rectangle and a parallelogram is that a rectangle has four right angles while a parallelogram does not have four right angles.

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