As some of you may already know, a while ago me and Ali made a bet. For $5. Here is the bet:
Alison- A square can be a rectangle, but a rectangle can NOT be a square.
David- A square is a rectangle, and
sometimes a rectangle is a square.
My reasoning is that a square will always be considered a rectangle, because a rectangle need to have all four corners 90 degrees and the opposite sides need to be parallel. So we agree on that.
What we don't agree on is if it is possible for a rectangle to be a square. I say that it
is possible. Alison says that it
isn't. My reasoning is since squares are rectangles, you know that some rectangles can be squares -- namely, the squares are.
(I got that from
this website -- It explains it really well)
Also, I can see why Alison thinks that rectangles can't be squares. I believe she thinks that squares and rectangles are two different things. Here:
So as you can see, fig 1. is a square and fig 2. is a rectangle. But fig 1. is
also a rectangle. It is both a square and a rectangle. So, if we were to refer to fig 1, we could say a rectangle
can indeed be a square.
Thank you.