• Question: Is a square a rectangle or is a rectangle a square?

    Asked by elmo97 to Andrew, Marianne on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      anon answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      a square is a special case of a rectangle

    • Photo: Andrew Maynard

      Andrew Maynard answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Hi elmo97,

      A square is a special form of a rectangle. A rectangle may be a square.

    • Photo: Marianne Baker

      Marianne Baker answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      This is quite a cool one.

      I’d say a square is a rectangle.
      It’s a ‘special’ rectangle; an equilateral rectangle. A square because you can multiply any one side by the other and get the area; which is a mathematical phenomenon.

      That’d be my take on it anyways.

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