Question

I. A rhombus is a special type of square. II. A rectangle is a special type of rhombus. III. A trapezoid is a special type of parallelogram. Which of the above statements are true? i only iii only iii only None of the above statements are true.

Answer 1

Answer: I. only

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Explanation :

II. False. a rectangle is a special type of rhombus since a rhombus has all sides equal, while a rectangle has all angles equal. A rhombus has opposite angles equal, while a rectangle has opposite sides equal.  The diagonals of a rhombus intersect at equal angles, while the diagonals of a rectangle are equal in length.

I.  True. A square is a special case of a rhombus, because it has four equal-length sides and goes above and beyond that to also have four right angles. Every square you see will be a rhombus, but not every rhombus you meet will be a square.

III. False.  Trapezoids have only one pair of parallel sides; parallelograms have two pairs of parallel sides. A trapezoid can never be a parallelogram. The correct answer is that all trapezoids are quadrilaterals.