SOLUTION: Are a rhombus's diagonals always sometimes or never congruent? Please explain why.

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Question 373866: Are a rhombus's diagonals always sometimes or never congruent? Please explain why.
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A square is a special case of a rhombus. Only when the rhombus is also a square are the diagonals congruent. So the answer is not 'always' and it is not 'never' either.


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