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document.write( "In short:  A rhombus hae four sides of equal measure and a rectangle has
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document.write( "four angles of equal measure.
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document.write( "A rhombus and a rectangle are both parallelograms.\r
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document.write( "A rhombus is a parallelogram with four equal-length sides.  It does 
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document.write( "not necessarily have four interior right angles as does a rectangle.\r
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document.write( "A rectangle is a parallelogram with four interior right angles. It does 
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document.write( "not necessarily have four equal-length sides as does a rhombus. \r
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document.write( "A square is the only figure which is both a rhombus and a rectangle. \r
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