A square is a figure with two pairs of parallel sides and four write angles. is the statement a good definition? if not find a counterexample

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Podo · Answer 1 · 2017-10-02T13:38:42+0000

The statement is not a good definition.

A counterexample is a rectangle.

A rectangle has two pairs of parallel side and four right angles, but it is not a square.

Petkostas · Answer 2 · 2017-10-06T14:07:37+0000

no, because that could easily be defining a rectangle as well as a square.

A square is a figure with two pairs of parallel sides of the same length, and four right angles.

A square is a figure with two pairs of parallel sides and four write angles. is the statement a good definition? if not find a counterexample

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