Can you prove that a square is a rectangle?

Apart from the fact all the four angles of a square and a rectangle are 90 deg each, there is hardly any other feature that is common to both of them. Here are the properties of the two figures: Square. Its properties are. (a) All sides are equal. (b) Opposite sides are equal and parallel. (c) All angles are equal to 90 degrees. read more

A square is a rectangle with sides having same length. That is it is a special kind of rectangle. A rectangle is defined as a parallelogram with 4 right angles. read more

In the last three of these methods, you first have to prove (or be given) that the quadrilateral is a rectangle, rhombus, or both: If a quadrilateral has four congruent sides and four right angles, then it’s a square (reverse of the square definition). read more

You'll gain access to interventions, extensions, task implementation guides, and more for this instructional video. In this lesson you will learn how to prove whether a figure is a rectangle in the coordinate plane. read more

Definition: A rectangle is a quadrilateral with all four angles right angles. From this definition you can prove that the opposite sides are parallel and of the same lengths. A rectangle can be tall and thin, short and fat or all the sides can have the same length. read more