The suburb of Hewitt has a private subdivision that has a pool in the shape of a quadrilateral. If the subdivision wants to put a lifeguard on each side of the pool, how many lifeguards will be needed?

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Since a quadrilateral is a four-sided figure, the subdivision will need four lifeguards. (A quadrilateral, by definition, has four sides. Whether the sides are parallel--a parallelogram--or if all four sides are equal and all four angles are right angles--a square--there are still four sides, and, therefore, four lifeguards.

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