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What are rectangles and squares classified as?

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They are polygons (shapes), and more specifically,
They are quadrilaterals (4-sided shapes), and
They are parallelograms (having 2 pairs of parallel sides).

*A square may be classified as a rectangle, but ordinarily a rectangle is defined as having 4 angles of equal size, and 2 pairs of sides of equal length. A square is an equilateral parallelogram.

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