Question

Four parallel lines are drawn in a rectangular sign. The sign is painted using two colors in an alternating pattern, as shown.

Answer 1

Look at the shaded areas and then read A. A rectangle has 2 sets of parallel lines (as these two figures do) and 1 right angle somewhere.  These two shaded regions do not have 1 right angle.

B: B is not correct because the shaded figures have 2 sets of 2 equal lines. A rhombus has 4 equal lines.

C: Not true either. The lines have 2 sets of parallel lines. Trapezoids have only 1 set.

D.  D is true

E.  E is true.

Perhaps you are not supposed to consider what the figures look like. I don't know how to answer the question. You likely got the same answers I did. Any chance you copied the wrong diagram?

Answer 2

Answer:

D and E

Step-by-step explanation:

--A: A rectangle has 2 sets of parallel lines (as these two figures do) and 1 right angle somewhere.  These two shaded regions do not have 1 right angle.

--B: B is not correct because the shaded figures have 2 sets of 2 equal lines, a rhombus has 4 equal lines.

--C: Not true either. The lines have 2 sets of parallel lines. Trapezoids have only 1 set.

D.  D is true

E.  E is true.