10 Questions
What was the primary focus of geometry until the 19th century?
Euclidean geometry
Which one of the following is not considered a fundamental concept in traditional geometry?
Volume
What is the original purpose of developing geometry?
To model the physical world
Which of the following fields does not have a direct application of geometry?
Algebra
Which theorem's proof fundamentally uses methods of algebraic geometry?
Fermat's Last Theorem
What does the triangle inequality state about the lengths of the sides of a triangle?
The sum of the lengths of any two sides is greater than the length of the remaining side
When is the triangle inequality equal in a triangle?
When the triangle is a degenerate triangle with zero area
What is the triangle inequality theorem about in Euclidean geometry and some other geometries?
Distances
What replaces the length $z$ of the third side in the vector form of the triangle inequality?
The vector sum $x + y$
In the triangle inequality, when can $x$ and $y$ be real numbers?
When $x$ and $y$ are sides of a triangle
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