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Hi Arvind,
In reference to statement I, Is it possible that AB=BD in case of a rectangle. If that's the case then the rectangle will become square. But that's not the case, right?. All the squares are rectangle but it's not the other way round.
Am I missing something here?

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Hello AdiBatman,

Don’t you think you have answered your own question here? You have yourself agreed that “All squares are rectangles”. That essentially means a square IS a rectangle, right?

If a square IS a rectangle, finding out the perimeter of the square is equivalent to finding out the perimeter of the rectangle, isn’t it?

Instead of a square and a rectangle, let’s consider a triangle and an equilateral triangle. Let’s assume that the question asked you to find out the perimeter of a TRIANGLE. During your analysis of the statements, let’s assume that you found out that the triangle is an EQUILATERAL triangle.
Now, if you have found out the perimeter of the equilateral triangle, have you not found the perimeter of the triangle? Something for you to think about.

Clearly, as an equilateral triangle is a special type of a triangle, a square is a special type of a rectangle. And therefore, there is nothing wrong in assuming AB = BD because that assumption will not cause ABCD to cease to be a rectangle. It will just be a SPECIAL rectangle.

Hope that answers your question!
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Hi Arvind,
That's clear to me now. Thanks for a quick response.
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