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Mathematics
9th Grade
11/09/2012

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Term
Acute Angle
Definition

Angle with measure less than 90°

 

Ex: [image]

Term
Obtuse angle
Definition

Angle with measure between 90° and 180°

 

Examples:

[image]

Term
Straight Angle
Definition

Angle with measure of 180°

[image]

Term
Adjacent Angles
Definition

Angles that share a side and do not overlap

[image]

Term
Angle Bisector
Definition

a figure (ray, line, segment) that cuts an angle into 2 equal angles (2 halves)

 

ray AB is a bisector:

[image]

Term
Collinear Points
Definition

points on the same line

 

points A, B, and C are collinear

[image]

Term
Coplanar 
Definition

on the same plane

 

coplanar points:

[image]

coplanar lines:

[image]

 

Term
Complementary angles
Definition

Two angles whose measures add up to 90°, 

may or may not be adjacent

 

[image]  or      [image]

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Supplementary Angles
Definition

two angles whose measures add up to 180°,

may or may not be adjacent

[image]    or   [image]

Term
Congruent Angles
Definition

angles with the same measure

 

[image]

Term
Congruent Segments
Definition

Segments with the same length

 

[image]

Term
Linear Pair
Definition

Two adjacent angles that are supplementary

(angles that a side and whose measures add up to 180º)

 

 

[image]

Term
Perpendicular lines
Definition

Lines that intersect to form a 90° angle

[image]

Term
Perpendicular Bisector
Definition

a figure (ray, line, segment) that intersects with a segment to form a 90° angle and cuts it into two equal parts

 

goes through the midpoint and is perpendicular

[image]

Term
Point
Definition

location, represented with a dot 

 

no thickness

 

[image]

Term
Line
Definition

Set of all points on a straight path that extends in both directions infinitely

 

has no thickness

 

[image]

 

Term
Plane
Definition

Set of all points on a flat surface, extends in all directions infinitely

 

no thickness

 

[image]

Term
How many points are needed to define a line?
Definition

2

 

Ex: line AB

Term
How many points are needed to define a plane?
Definition

3

 

Ex: Plane ABC

Term
Ray
Definition

set of all points extending from an endpoint in one direction infinitely

 

[image]

Term
How many points are needed to define a ray?
Definition

2

 

Ex: ray AB

Term
Segment
Definition

Part of a line

 

Set of all points between two endpoints

 

[image]

Term
Segment Bisector
Definition

A figure (ray, segment, line) that cuts a segment into two equal pieces

 

[image]

Term

Space

 

Definition
set of all possible points in 3 dimensions
Term
Vertex
Definition

the common endpoint of the two rays that make up an angle

 

[image]

Term
Vertical Angles
Definition

Angles that are opposite each other, made of opposite rays

 

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angles 1 and 3 are vertical

angles 2 and 4 are vertical

Term
Hypothesis
Definition

The part of a conditional statement that follows the "if", sets the stage.

 

"p"

 

Ex: If I study, then I will learn.

Hypothesis: I study.

Term
Conclusion
Definition

The part of a conditional statement that follows the "then".

 

"q"

 

Ex: If I study, then I learn.

Conclusion: I learn.

Term
Conditional Statement
Definition

A statement in "if, then" form.

 

Ex: If I study, then I learn.

Term
Contrapositive
Definition

Negate and switch the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

 

Ex:   

Conditional: If I study, then I learn.

Contrapositive: If I don't learn, then I didn't study.

Term
Converse
Definition

Switch the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

 

Ex:

Conditional:  If I study, then I learn.

Converse: If I learn, then I studied.

Term
Inverse
Definition

Negate the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement.

 

Ex:

Conditional: If I study, then I learn.

Inverse: If I don't study, then I don't learn.

Term
p --> q
Definition
Conditional
Term
q --> p
Definition
converse
Term
~p --> ~q
Definition
Inverse
Term
~q --> ~p
Definition
contrapositive
Term
Counterexample
Definition

An example that proves a rule is incorrect.

 

Ex:  All supplementary angles are adjacent.

Counterexample:  any supplementary angles that aren't adjacent

 

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Term
logically equivalent to conditional
Definition
contrapositive
Term
logically equivalent to the converse
Definition
inverse
Term
logically equivalent to the contrapositive
Definition
conditional
Term
logically equivalent to the inverse
Definition
converse
Term

p --> q

p

therefore q

Definition

Law of Detachment

 

If you are given a rule, then told p is true, q is automatically true

Term

p --> q

q --> r

therefore p -->r

Definition

Law of Syllogism (Chain Rule)

 

p leads to q and q leads to r, so p eventually leads to r

Term
Parallel Lines
Definition

lines in the same plane that do not intersect

 

[image]

Term
Skew lines
Definition

Lines in different planes (won't intersect)

 

[image]

Term

Definition
parallel
Term

alternate exterior angles

Definition

a pair of angles that lie outside two lines on opposite sides of the transversal

 

when lines are parallel, alternate exterior angles are congruent

 

Angles 1 and 7, Angles 2 and 8

[image]

 

Term
alternate interior angles
Definition

a pair of angles that line inside lines on opposite sides of the transversal

 

when lines are parallel, alternate interior angles are congruent

 

Angles 4 and 6 and Angles 3 and 5

[image]

Term
consecutive interior angles
Definition

a pair of angles inside the lines on the same side of the transversal

 

when lines are parallel, consecutive interior angles are supplementary

 

Angles 4 and 5 and Angles 3 and 6

[image]

Term
Corresponding Angles
Definition

an interior and an exterior angle that are on the same side of the transversal

 

when lines are parallel, corresponding angles are congruent

 

Angles 1 and 5, Angles 2 and 6, Angles 4 and 8, Angles 3 and 7

[image]

Term

Angles 1 and 5

[image]

Definition
Corresponding Angles
Term

Angles 2 and 8

[image]

Definition
Alternate Exterior Angles
Term

Angles 4 and 6

[image]

Definition
Alternate Interior Angles
Term

Angles 4 and 5

[image]

Definition
Consecutive Interior Angles
Term
point-slope form
Definition

 

y- y1=m(x-x1)

 

m= slope

x1= x-coordinate

y1= y-coordinate

Term
slope-intercept form
Definition

y=mx+b

 

m=slope

b= y-intercept

Term
transversal
Definition

a line that cuts through 2 others

 

t is the transversal

[image]

Term
What is the meaning of [image]?
Definition
ray AB
Term

What is the meaning of 

    __

      AB ?

Definition
segment AB
Term

What is the meaning of 

 

[image]

Definition
line AB
Term
What is the meaning of AB?
Definition
AB is the length of segment AB
Term
What is the meaning of A?
Definition
point A
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