Important note:

A shape does not stop being a trapezoid just because it

A quadrilateral with at least one pair of parallel lines.
has two pairs of parallel lines.

trapezoid

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 Important note:
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines, opposite All parallelograms are trapezoids, but not all trapezoids are
sides are congruent, and opposite angles are congruent. parallelograms.

parallelogram

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All rectangles are trapezoids, but not all trapezoids are
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines, opposite rectangles.
sides are congruent, and 4 right angles. All rectangles are parallelograms, but not all
parallelograms are rectangles.

rectangle

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All rhombi are trapezoids, but not all trapezoids are
A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines, 4 congruent
rhombi.
sides, and opposite angles are congruent.
All rhombi are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms
are rhombi.

rhombus
(plural—rhombi)

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A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel lines, 4 congruent
sides, and 4 right angles.
Important note:
All squares are trapezoids, but not all trapezoids are squares.
All squares are parallelograms, but not all parallelograms are
squares.
All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares
All squares are rhombi, but not all rhombi are squares.

square

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 Important note:
A quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent, congruent sides,
All rhombi are kites, but not all kites are rhombi.
and 4 right angles.
All squares are kites, but not all kites are squares.

kite

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