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Chapter 1 geometry
Herbert ellis
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Mathematics
10th Grade
10/19/2012

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A POINT
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A point is a location in space.

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A LINE
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A line ex[image]tends indefinitely in a single dimension.
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A SEGMENT
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A line segment is a connec[image]ted piece of a line.
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A RAY
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A ray is starting at 1 point and going infinitely in one [image]direction
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A PLANE
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A plane is an undefined term; extends without ending; no thickness; need at least 3 non collinear points to draw [image]a plane
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OPPOSITE RAYS
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Opposite Rays (forms a line) must have connecting end [image]point
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COLLINEAR
Definition
Collinear are points on[image] the same line
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COPLANAR
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Coplanar are points on the same plane[image]
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ANGLE
Definition

An Angle is a figure formed by two rays that have a common end point

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MIDPOINT
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A Midpoint is a point that divides the segment into two ≈ segments

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BISECTOR
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A Bisector is a line that crosses at the midpoint

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CONGRUENT
Definition

Congruent is the same size and shape

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ACUTE ANGLES
Definition

An Acute angle is less than 90º

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OBTUSE ANGLE
Definition

An Obtuse angle greater than 90º

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RIGHT ANGLE
Definition

A Right angle is 90º

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STRAIGHT ANGLE
Definition

A Straight angle equals 180º

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COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES
Definition

A Complementary angle is 2 angles that add up to 90 degrees.

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SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES
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A Supplementary angle is 2 angles that add up to 180 degrees

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VERTICAL ANGLES
Definition

A Vertical angle each of the pairs of opposite angles made by two intersecting lines

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ADJACENT ANGLES
Definition

Adjacent Angles are angles that have a common ray coming out of the vertex going between two other rays.

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LINEAR PAIR
Definition

A Linear pair are two supplementary adjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines

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PERPENDICULAR LINES
Definition

Perpendicular lines are two lines or planes (or a line and a plane), are considered perpendicular (or orthogonal) to each other if they form congruent adjacent angles (a T-shape). The term may be used as a noun or adjective. ...

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POLYGON
Definition

A Polygon is a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles, and typically five or more

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TRIANGLE
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A Triangle is a figure formed by 3 segments joining 3 non collinear points

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QUADRILATERAL
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A Quadrilateral is a 4 sided figure

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PENTAGON
Definition

A Pentagon is a 5 sided figure

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HEXAGON
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A Hexagon is a 6 sided figure

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OCTAGON
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A Octagon is a 8 sided figure[image]
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DECAGON
Definition

A decagon is a 10 sided figure

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DODECAGON
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A Dodecagon is a 12 sided figure.

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N-GON
Definition

A N-gon is a figure with 13 or more sides

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CONCAVE
Definition

Cocave is a diagonal contains points outside the polygon

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CONVEX
Definition

Convex is a polygon such that NO line containing a side of the polygon contains a point in the interior of the polygon OR a polygon is convex if NO diagonal contains points outside the polygon

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REGULAR POLYGON
Definition

A Regular polygon is a polygon that is equiangular and equilateral

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IRREGULAR POLYGON
Definition

An Irregular polygon is a plane figure that is bounded by a closed path or circuit, composed of a finite sequence of straight line segments

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DIAGONAL
Definition

Diagonal is a segment joining 2 non consecutive vertices

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SIDE
Definition

A Side is the part of the figure that makes it up

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PERIMETER
Definition

A Perimeter is the outside length of the object.

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