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Apr 2, 2017
A rhombus and a trapezoid (trapezium) are both types of quadrilaterals (4 sided figures), but they have different properties.
Explanation:
A trapezoid has very few properties:
- the sum of its angles is
- one pair of opposite sides is parallel
In a rhombus
Two pairs of opposite sides are parallel
All the sides are equal.
The opposite angles are equal
The diagonals bisect each other at 90°
The diagonals bisect the angles at the vertices
There are 2 lines of symmetry
It has rotational symmetry of order 2
While rhombus can be called a trapezoid because it has all the properties, a trapezoid cannot be a rhombus.
