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Rectangle

ABCD is a rectangle. Move the sliders to change the shape and orientation of the rectangle. Click and drag the point A to rotate the rectangle.

1. What properties does a rectangle have in common with a parallelogram?
2. What additional properties does a rectangle have?
3. What additional properties would ABCD need to have to be considered a square? Move the sliders so that a square is formed.

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