Which do the following most specifically describes a rhombus? A. a plane figure that is a polygon. B. a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length. D. A polygon with four sides

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Which do the following most specifically describes a rhombus? A. a plane figure that is a polygon. B. a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length. D. A polygon with four sides

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Zaiden Castro · Answer 1

B. a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length

Step-by-step explanation:

A rhombus is a quadrilateral with 4 equal sides in length. A quadrilateral is a closed figure or shape with 4 sides. Other quadrilaterals are parallelograms, square and rectangle.

Opposite sides of a rhombus are parallel and opposite angles are equal. The diagonals meet at the center to form a right angle. The best description of a rhombus among the option is that it is a quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length.

Note polygon is too broad to be used to describe a rhombus. Moreover rhombus is not a regular polygon since all the angles are not equal.

Cindy Espinoza · Answer 2

B. A quadrilateral with 2 pairs of equal length

Step-by-step explanation:

analyzing the options:

A. A polygon is a very general definition (polygon is a figure with 3 or more sides) so it does not specifically describe a rhombus. B. This option is much more specific to a rhombus than the other two options because it mentions that it is a quadrilateral so it reduces the generality of calling it a polygon, and it also mentions that there are 2 pairs of equal sides which is true for the rhombus (the top and bottom sides are equal, and the sides are also equal). So this option is correct. C. It is a little more specific than option A because it mentions that you must have 4 sides, but it is not as specific for the rhombus as option B