Question

When a square is pushed from one corner keeping the base as it is, which polygon is formed?

(a) Square

(b) Parallelogram

(c) Rhombus

(d) Rectangle

I had been asked this question in a national level competition.

Enquiry is from Classification of Polygons topic in division Quadrilaterals of Mathematics – Class 8

Answer 1

Right option is (c) Rhombus

Easy explanation: If we select the upper corner of a square and push it the square will bend in the direction of the force so, the vertical edges would tilt in the direction of the force and this would lead to the formation of new polygon named as rhombus.