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What are collinear points?
What are noncollinear points?
What is a line segment?
A part of a line consisting of two points and the set of all points between them.
What are congruent line segments?
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What does the betweenness of points indicate?
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What defines a ray?
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What is an angle?
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What are congruent angles?
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How can rays be determined to be in a betweenness relationship?
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What is a right angle?
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What is an acute angle?
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What is an obtuse angle?
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What is the midpoint of a line segment?
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What is a segment bisector?
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What is an angle bisector?
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What are complementary angles?
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What are supplementary angles?
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What are adjacent angles?
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What defines a linear pair?
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What are vertical angles?
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What are perpendicular lines?
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What is a perpendicular bisector?
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What is the distance between two points?
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What is the distance between a line and a point not on the line?
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What are parallel lines?
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What does it mean for points to be coplanar?
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What is a transversal?
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What is a polygon?
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What defines a triangle?
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What is a scalene triangle?
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What is an isosceles triangle?
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What is an equilateral triangle?
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What is an acute triangle?
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What is a right triangle?
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What is an obtuse triangle?
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What is an equiangular triangle?
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What is an exterior angle of a polygon?
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Study Notes
Points and Lines
- Collinear points lie on the same line; noncollinear points do not.
- A line segment has two endpoints and includes all points between them.
- Congruent line segments are equal in length.
- Betweenness of points defines that if two segments' lengths sum to a third, a point is between the endpoints.
Rays and Angles
- A ray consists of an endpoint and all points extending in one direction.
- Angles form by the union of two rays sharing a vertex; the rays are known as sides.
- Congruent angles share equal measures, while complementary angles sum to 90 degrees.
- Supplementary angles add up to 180 degrees.
Angle Relationships
- Adjacent angles share a vertex, a common side, and have no common interior points.
- A linear pair consists of two adjacent angles whose exterior sides form a straight line.
- Vertical angles are non-adjacent angles formed where two lines intersect.
Lines and Their Intersections
- Perpendicular lines intersect to form right angles (90 degrees).
- A perpendicular bisector divides a line segment into two equal parts at a right angle.
- Distance between points refers to the length of the connecting line segment.
- The distance from a point to a line is measured perpendicularly to the line.
Parallel Lines and Transversals
- Parallel lines lie in the same plane and never intersect.
- A transversal intersects two or more lines at distinct points.
Polygons and Triangles
- A polygon is a closed geometric figure made up of line segments.
- A triangle, a specific type of polygon, has three sides and can be classified by side length or angle measure.
- Types of triangles include scalene (no equal sides), isosceles (two equal sides), equilateral (all sides equal), acute (all angles < 90°), right (one angle = 90°), and obtuse (one angle > 90°).
- An equiangular triangle has all angles equal.
Triangle and Angle Properties
- Exterior angles of a polygon result from the linear pair formed with interior angles.
- Two triangles are congruent if their corresponding angles and sides can be paired as congruent.
Additional Concepts
- Midpoint of a line segment divides it into two congruent segments.
- A segment bisector passes through a segment's midpoint.
- Angle bisectors split an angle into two equal angles.
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