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moobu2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:56 PM
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Is this a right-angled trapezium?
Edited on Sun Feb-10-08 02:59 PM by moobu2
Or some other sort of quadrangle
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fenriswolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:58 PM
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1. fuck you its a unparralleled polygon with 4 different lenghed sides
don't try to pass off that BS.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 03:01 PM
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2. Isn't that where Nazi trapese artists train?
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 03:13 PM
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3. No, doesn't have two parallel sides. nt
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Staph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 03:20 PM
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4. Per Wikipedia
(yeah, I know, usual grain of salt applies)

"A trapezoid (in North America) or trapezium (in Britain and elsewhere) is a quadrilateral, which is defined as a shape with four sides, that has one set of parallel sides. Some authors define it as a quadrilateral having exactly one set of parallel sides, so as to exclude parallelograms, which otherwise would be regarded as a special type of trapezoid.

"The exactly opposite kind of quadrilateral, that is, one which does not have any parallel sides, is called a trapezium in North America and a trapezoid in Britain and elsewhere."

So, the correct answer depends on where your quadrilateral resides.
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moobu2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 03:33 PM
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5. HA! I knew it.
Edited on Sun Feb-10-08 03:36 PM by moobu2
And with the addition of the right-angle, it could be considered a right-angled trapezium (as long as I didn’t take it to Britain).
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