QUADRILATERAL

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 A quadrilateral, in general, has sides of different
lengths and angles of different measures.
However, squares, rectangles, etc. are special types
of quadrilaterals with some of their sides and
angles being equal. This is the reason that the 
area of quadrilateral depends on which type of
quadrilateral it is.
Different Types of Quadrilaterals
There are six basic types of quadrilaterals. They
are:
Trapezium
Parallelogram
Rectangle
Rhombus
Square
Kite
Trapezium t is a quadrilateral with one pair of opposite parallel sides. In the trapezium, ABCD, side AB is parallel to side CD.
 Parallelogram
 Itis a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite
sides are parallel and equal in length. The opposite angles are
equal in measure. In the parallelogram, ABCD, side AB is
parallel to side CD and side AD is parallel to side BC.
Also, the two diagonals formed to intersect each other at the
midpoints. As in the figure given below, E is the point where
both the diagonals meet. So
Length AE = EC, & Length BE = ED
Rectangle
It is a quadrilateral with all the 4 angles of equal
measure, that is, each of them is 90°. Both the pairs of
opposite sides are parallel and equal in length.
Rhombus
It is a quadrilateral with all four sides having equal lengths. The Opposite sides of a
rhombus are parallel and opposite angles are equal.
Square
It is a quadrilateral in which all the sides and angles are equal. Every angle is a right angle (i.e. 90° each). The pairs of
opposite sides are parallel to each other.
Kite
It is a quadrilateral that has 2 pairs of equal-length sides and these sides are adjacent to each other.
Some points about quadrilaterals to be
kept in mind are:
 Square, rectangle, and rhombus are types of
parallelograms.
 A square is a rectangle as well as a rhombus.
 The rectangle and rhombus are not a square.
 A parallelogram is a trapezium.
 A trapezium is not a parallelogram.
 Kite is not a parallelogram.
Properties of Different Types of Quadrilaterals