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Question
Give reasons for the following :
A square can be thought of as a special rhombus.
Solution
- Because its all sides are equal and diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
- However, in case of a square, all interior angles are of 90º measure.
- A rhombus with each angle a right angle becomes a square. Therefore, a square can be thought of as a special rhombus.
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