SOLUTION: The question is: Can a rectangle have perpendicular diagonals? The choice of answers always, sometimes and never. Explain your answer.

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Question 118113: The question is: Can a rectangle have perpendicular diagonals? The choice of answers always, sometimes and never. Explain your answer.
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, MathLover1:
Answer by Earlsdon(6287) About Me  (Show Source):
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Can a rectangle have perpendicular diagonals?
Given that a rectangle is a parallelogram with four right angles and given that a square is a parallelogram with four right angles (and four congruent sides), a square is a rectangle and a square has perpendicular diagonals.
So the answer is...sometimes.

Answer by MathLover1(6646) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer: Yes, sometimes+

these are the special+rectangles called squares