what is meaning of quadrilateral
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In Geometry, the shapes or objects are classified based on the number of sides. The different classification of shapes are:
- Triangle ( 3-sides)
- Quadrilateral (4-sides)
- Pentagon (5-sides)
- Hexagon (6-sides)
- Heptagon (7-sides)
- Octagon (8-sides) and so on.
Types
There are many types of quadrilaterals. As the word ‘Quad’ means four, all these types of a quadrilateral have four sides, and the sum of angles of these shapes is 360 degrees.
- Trapezium
- Parallelogram
- Squares
- Rectangle
- Rhombus
- Kite
Formula
Area of a Parallelogram Base x Height
Area of a Rectangle Length x Width
Area of a Square Side x Side
Area of a Rhombus (1/2) x Diagonal 1 x Diagonal2
Area of a Kite 1/2 x Diagonal 1 x Diagonal 2
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Quadrilateral just means "four sides" (quad means four, lateral means side). A Quadrilateral has four-sides, it is 2-dimensional (a flat shape), closed (the lines join up), and has straight sides.
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