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Geometry chapter 11
flashcards for studying chapter 11 in mcdouglas geometry book
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Mathematics
9th Grade
04/14/2013

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how to find total interior angle degrees?
Definition
(#sides-2)times 180

ex. pentagon: (5-2)times 180
3 times 180
540
Term
how many degrees do the exterior angles add up to in a heptagon?
Definition
360 degrees, every polygon has an exterior angle total of 360 degrees
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how do you find the area in a regular polygon?
Definition
1/2 apothem times perimeter
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what is an apothem?
Definition
distance from center point to any side
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how do you find the ratios of the areas of similar polygons if the only known piece is two corresponding sides, one on each polygon?
Definition
take the ratio of the sides and square each of them

ex. ratio of sides: 2/3
ratio of area: 4/9
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what is a major arc?
Definition
an arc that is more than half of the circle
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what is a minor arc
Definition
an arc that is less than half of a circle
Term
what is an arc?
Definition
part of the edge of a circle
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how do you find circumference?
Definition
pi times diameter
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how do you find the area of a circle?
Definition
pi times radius squared
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what is a sector?
Definition
a section of a circle, like a slice of pizza is a sector of the whole pizza
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what is probability?
Definition
favorable # over total #
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what is odds?
Definition
favorable # over unfavorable #
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