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What are two lines that form a right angle called?
What are lines that lie in the same plane and do not intersect called?
Parallel Lines
What do you call two lines that do not intersect and are not coplanar?
Skew Lines
What are lines that are not parallel, perpendicular, or skew called?
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What do you call a line that intersects two or more lines at different points?
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What do you call two angles that occupy the same relative position?
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What are the angles that lie between two lines on opposite sides of a transversal called?
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What are the angles that lie outside the two lines on opposite sides of the transversal called?
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What is the term for two angles that lie between two lines on the same side of the transversal?
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What postulate states that parallel lines form congruent corresponding angles?
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What theorem states that parallel lines form congruent alternate interior angles?
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What theorem states that parallel lines form congruent alternate exterior angles?
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What theorem states that parallel lines form supplementary interior angles on the same side of the transversal?
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What does the Parallel Postulate state?
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What does the Perpendicular Postulate state?
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What does the Converse of the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem imply?
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What does the Converse of the Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem imply?
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What does the Converse of the Same-Side Interior Angles Theorem imply?
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Study Notes
Lines and Angles Concepts
- Perpendicular Lines: Form a right angle (90 degrees) at their intersection.
- Parallel Lines: Never intersect and exist in the same plane, maintaining a constant distance apart.
- Skew Lines: Do not intersect and are not in the same plane, thus not parallel.
- Oblique Lines: Any lines that are neither parallel, perpendicular, nor skew lines.
Transversals and Angle Relationships
- Transversals: A line that intersects two or more lines at different points.
- Corresponding Angles: Pair of angles that occupy the same position when a transversal crosses two lines; they are congruent if the lines are parallel.
- Alternate Interior Angles: Located between two lines on opposite sides of a transversal; if the lines are parallel, these angles are congruent.
- Alternate Exterior Angles: Positioned outside of two lines on opposite sides of a transversal; also congruent if the lines are parallel.
- Same Side (Consecutive) Interior Angles: Found between the two lines on the same side of the transversal; they are supplementary (sum to 180 degrees) if the lines are parallel.
Theorems and Postulates
- Corresponding Angles Postulate: States that if two parallel lines are crossed by a transversal, each pair of corresponding angles are congruent.
- Alternate Interior Angles Theorem: If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, the alternate interior angles are congruent.
- Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem: States that congruent alternate exterior angles indicate two lines are parallel.
- Same-Side Interior Angles Theorem: If the interior angles on the same side of the transversal are supplementary, the lines are parallel.
- Parallel Postulate: Asserts that through any point not on a line, there exists exactly one line parallel to the given line.
- Perpendicular Postulate: If there’s a line and a point not on the line, there is exactly one line through that point that is perpendicular to the given line.
Converse Principles
- Converse of the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem: If alternate interior angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.
- Converse of the Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem: If alternate exterior angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.
- Converse of the Same-side Interior Angles Theorem: If same side interior angles are supplementary, the lines are parallel.
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