As weird as it sounds it’s true!
All squares are rectangles.
Definitions:
square – a figure with four equal sides and four right angles
rectangle – a figure with four sides and four right angles
If we read these definitions closely, we can see that the rectangle definition says nothing about the length of the sides. So we can create a rectangle with four equal sides and that special rectangle will be called a square.
This statement doesn’t work the other way. Clearly not every rectangle is a square. Check the example below:
Classwork is attached below:
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