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OpenStudy (anonymous):

IM A SENIOR THAT NEEDS TO GRADUATE! PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE! Cherie studied the properties of a square and a rectangle and concluded that a square can be called a rectangle but a rectangle cannot be called a square. Which statement supports her conclusion? The opposite sides in a square must be parallel and equal unlike in a rectangle. All angles in a square must be equal unlike in a rectangle. The diagonals in a square must be congruent unlike in a rectangle. The diagonals in a square must be perpendicular unlike in a rectangle.

OpenStudy (oaktree):

Diagonals are perpendicular.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are u sure?

OpenStudy (oaktree):

Yup.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

CAN U EXPLAIN?

OpenStudy (oaktree):

Squares have perpendicular diagonals. Rectangles do not. Look at this picture:

OpenStudy (oaktree):

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OpenStudy (oaktree):

Which looks perpendicular to you?

OpenStudy (oaktree):

Got it?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes! thanks

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