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What is geometry concerned with?
What is geometry concerned with?
- Properties of social interactions
- Properties of energy and matter
- Properties of space such as distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures (correct)
- Properties of time and motion
Which branch of mathematics is geometry considered to be one of the oldest?
Which branch of mathematics is geometry considered to be one of the oldest?
- Trigonometry
- Arithmetic (correct)
- Statistics
- Calculus
What were the fundamental concepts in Euclidean geometry?
What were the fundamental concepts in Euclidean geometry?
- Point, line, plane, distance, angle, surface, and curve (correct)
- Ratio, proportion, and percentage
- Number, operation, equation, and inequality
- Function, limit, derivative, and integral
In which areas does geometry have applications?
In which areas does geometry have applications?
What problem did Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem use methods of algebraic geometry for?
What problem did Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem use methods of algebraic geometry for?