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Evolution of Square

May 14, 2018

A 'march of progress' parody: a slumped quadrilateral evolves through trapezoid, parallelogram and rhombus into a proud, upright square.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-14-evolution-of-square/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "EVOLUTION OF SQUARE" — Quadrilateral → Trapezoid → Parallelogram → Rhombus → Square

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