Question

Which do the following most specifically describes a rhombus?? A.a plane figure that is a polygon. B.a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length. D. A polygon with four sides

Answer 1

B.a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length

Explanation:

A rhombus is a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides in length. A quadrilateral is a closed figure or shape with 4 sides . Other quadrilaterals are parallelograms, square and rectangle .

Opposite sides of a rhombus are parallel and opposite angles are equal. The diagonals meet at the center to form a right angle. The best description of a rhombus among the option is that it is a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length.

Note polygon is too broad to be used to describe a rhombus .Moreover rhombus is not a regular polygon since all the angles are not equal.

Answer 2

B. A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length

Explanation:

analyzing the options:

• A. A polygon is a very general definition (polygon is a figure with 3 or more sides) so it does not specifically describe a rhombus.

• B. This option is much more specific to a rhombus than the other two options because it mentions that it is a quadrilateral so it reduces the generality of calling it a polygon, and it also mentions that there are 2 pairs of equal sides which is true for the rhombus (the top and bottom sides are equal, and the sides are also equal). So this option is correct.

• C. It is a little more specific than option A because it mentions that you must have 4 sides, but it is not as specific for the rhombus as option B