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undefined terms
can not be defined using other figures.
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Point
names a location and has no size. it is represented by a dot.
A capital letter
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Line
a straight path that has no thickness and extends forever
A lower case letter or two points on the line
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Plane
- a flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever.
- a script capital letter
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- three points not on a line.
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collinear
points that lie on the same line
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noncollinear
points that do not lie on the same line
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line segment
the part of a line consisting of two points and all points between them
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endpoint
a point at one end of a segment or the starting point of a ray
A capital letter
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ray
part of a line that starts at an endpoint and extends forever in one direction
It's endpoint and any other point
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Opposite Rays
two rays that have a common endpoint and form a line
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postulate
a statement that is accepted as true without proof
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intersection
the set of all points the two or more figures have in common
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system of equations
a set of two or more equations containing two or more of the same variables
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coordinate
a number used to identify the location of a point
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distance between any two points
the absolute value of the difference of the coordinates
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length of AB
the distance between A and B
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Finding the Length of a Segment
| a-b | or | b-a |
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congruent segments
segments that have the same length
uses tick marks
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midpoint
the point that bisects, or divides the segment into two congruent segments
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segment bisector
any ray, segment, or line that intersects a segment at its midpoint
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angle
a figure formed by two rays, or sides, with a common endpoint
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How to name an angle
- Vertex
- a point on each ray and the vertex
- number
<R <SRT <1
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interior of an angle
the set of all points between the sides of the angle
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exterior of an angle
the set of all points outside the angle
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the measure of an angle
the absolute value of the difference of the real numbers that the rays correspond with on a protractor
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Acute Angle
measures greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees
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Right Angle
- Measures 90 degrees
- must have box
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obtuse angle
measures greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees
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straight angle
- formed by two opposite rays
- measures 180 degrees
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congruent angles
angles that have the same measure
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angle bisector
a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles
the (particular points) of all points in the interior of the angle that are equidistant from the sides of the angle
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Adjacent Angles
two angles in the same plane with a common vertex and a common side, but no common interior points
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linear pair of angles
a pair of adjacent angles whose noncommon sides are opposite rays
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complementary angles
two angles whose measures have a sum of 90 degrees
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supplementary angles
two angles whose measures have a sum of 180 degrees
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Finding the Complementary angle
90-x
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finding the supplementary angke
180-x
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vertical angles
two nonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines
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perimeter
the sum of the side lengths of the figure
- rectangle- 2l+2w
- square- 4s
- triangle a+b+c
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area
the number of non overlapping square units of a given size that cover the figure
- rectangle- l*w
- Square side squared
- Triangle- 1/2bh
- circle- pi(r) squared
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base of a triangle
any side of a triangle
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height
a segment from a vertex that forms a right angle with a line containing the base
- may be:
- inside the triangle (interior)
- outside (exterior)
- a side of the triangle
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diameter
a segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle
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radius
a segment whose endpoints are the center of the circle and a point on the circle
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circumference
the distance around a circle
c=pi(d) or 2pi(r)
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pi
irrational
3.14 or 22/7
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coordinate plane
a plane that is divided into 4 regions by the x and y axis
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Midpoint formula
m= (x1+x2 / 2, y1+y2 /2)
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distance formula
d= square root of (x2-x1)2 + (y2-y1)2
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pythagorean theorem
- ONLY in a right triangle
- used to find distance
- a2+b2=c2
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legs of a right triangle
the 2 sides that form the right angle
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hypotenuse
the side across from the right triangle that stretches from one leg to the other
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transformation
a change in the position, size, or shape of a figure
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preimage
the original figure
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image
the resulting figure
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---> arrow notation
used to describe a transformation
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' primes
used to label the image
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reflection (flip)
a transformation across a line, called the line of reflection.
each points and its image are the same distance from the line of reflection
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Rotation (turn)
a transformation about a point P, called the center of rotation.
Each point and its image are the same distance from P
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Translation (slide)
a transformation in which all the points of a figure move the same distance in the same direction
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inductive reasoning
the process of reasoning that a rule or statement is true because specific cases are true
used to draw a conclusion from a pattern
- 1) look for a pattern
- 2) Make a conjecture
- 3) prove the conjecture or find a counterexample
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conjecture
a statement believed to be true based on inductive reasoning
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counterexample
an example that proves a conjecture false
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conditional statement
a statement that can be written in the form "if p, then q"
p--> q
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hypothesis
the part of p of a conditional statement following the word "if"
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conclusion
the part q of a conditional statement following the word, "then"
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truth value
true or false of a conditional statement
false when the hypothesis is true and the conclusion if false
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negation of statement p (opposite)
~p
the negation of a true statement is false, the negation of a false statement is true
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converse
statement formed by exchanging the hypothesis and conclusion
q-->p
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inverse
statement formed by negating the hypothesis and the conclusion
~p--> ~q
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contrapositive
statement formed by both exchanging and negating the hypothesis and conclusion
~q --> ~p
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logically equivalent statements
related conditional statements that have the same truth value
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deductive reasoning
process of using logic to draw conclusions from given facts, definitions, and properties
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biconditional statement
a statement that can be written in the form, "p if and only if q" (iff)
if p, then q
if q, then p
used to write defintions
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definition
a statement that describes a mathematical object and can be written as a true biconditional
iff
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polygon
closed plane figure formed by 3 or more line segments
each segment intersects exactly two other segments only at their endpoints
no two segments with a common endpoint are collinear
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triangle
a three sided polygon
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quadrilateral
a 4 sided polygon
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proof
an argument that uses logic, definitions, properties, and previously proven statements to show that a conclusion is true
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theorem
any statement that you can prove
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two column proof
proof that lists the steps of the proof in the left column and the matching reason in the right column.
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proof process
1) write the conjecture to be proven
2) draw a diagram to represent the hypothesis of the conjecture
3) state the given information and mark it on the diagram
4) state the conclusion of the conjecture in terms of the diagram
5) plan your argument and prove the conjecture
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flow chart proof
uses boxes and arrows to show the structures of the proof
moves from left to right or top to bottom
justification written below the box
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paragraph proof
presents the steps of the proof and their matching reasons as sentences in a paragraph
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parallel lines (||)
coplanar and do not intersect
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perpendicular lines (upside down T)
intersect at 90 degree angles.
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skew lines
are not coplanar, are not parallel, and do not intersect
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parallel planes
planes that do not intersect
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transversal
a line that intersects two coplanar lines at two different points
t
other 2 lines = r and s
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corresponding angles
lie on the same side of the transversal, on the same sides of lines r and s.
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alternate interior angles
nonadjacent angles
lie on opposite sides of the transversal t, between lines r and s
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alternate exterior angles
lie on opposite sides of the transversal t
outside lines r and s
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same-side interior angles (consecutive interior angles)
lie on the same side of the transversal
between lines r and s
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perpendicular bisector of a segment
a line perpendicular to a segment at the segment's midpoint
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distance from a point to a line
the length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line
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rise
the difference in the y values of the 2 points on a line
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run
the difference in the x values of 2 points on a line
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slope
the ratio of rise to run,
m= y2-y1 / x2-x1
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opposite reciprocals
a/b and -b/a
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point slope form of a line
y-y1=m(x-x1)
x1, y1 is a given point on the line
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slope intercept form
y=mx+b
m=slope
b=y intercept
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the equation of a vertical line
x=a
a= x intercept
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equation of horizontal line
y=b
b= y intercept
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y=5x+8
y=5x-4
same slope, different y intercept
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acute triangle
three acute sides
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equiangular triangle
3 congruent acute angles
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right triangle
one right angle
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obtuse triangle
one obtuse angle
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equilateral triangle
three congruent sides
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isosceles triangle
at least 2 congruent sides
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scalene triangle
no congruent sides
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auxiliary line
a line that is added to a figure to aid in a proof
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corollary
a theorem whose proof follows directly from another theorem
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interior
set of all points inside the figure
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exterior
the set of all points outside the figure
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interior angle
formed by 2 sides of a triangle
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exterior angle
formed by one side of the triangle and the extension of an adjacent side
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remote interior angle
an interior angle that is not adjacent to the exterior angle
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triangle rigidity
if the side lengths of a triangle are given, the triangle can have only one shape.
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included angle
an angle formed by two adjacent sides of a polygon
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included side
the common side of 2 consecutive angles in a polygon
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coordinate proof
uses coordinate geometry and algebra
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strategies for positioning figures in the coordinate plane
use the origin as a vertex, keeping the figure in Quad I
center the figure at the origin
center a side of the figure at the origin
use one or both axes as sides of the figure
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vertex angle
angle formed by the legs
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base
side opposite the vertex angle
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base angles
2 angles that have the base as a side
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equidistant
a point is the same distance from 2 or more objects
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concurrent
three or more lines intersect at one point
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point of concurrency
the point where the lines intersect
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circumcenter of a triangle
the point of concurrency in a triangle
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circumscribed
a circle that contains all the vertices of a polygon
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incenter of the triangle
the point of concurrency where the angle bisectors meet? (unsure)
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inscribed
intersects each line that contains a side of the polygon at exactly one point
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incenter
the center of the triangle's inscribed triangle
always inside the triangle
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median of a triangle
a segment whose endpoints are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side
each triangle has 3 medians, which are concurrent
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centroid of the triangle
the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle
always inside the triangle
center of gravity
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altitude of a triangle
perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side
each triangle has 3 altitudes
can be inside, out, or on the triangle
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the height of a triangle is the length of an altitude
miscellaneous shit
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orthocenter of the triangle
the point of intersection of the 3 altitudes of a triangle
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midsegment of a triangle
segment that joins the midpoints if two sides of the triangle
every triangle has 3 midsegments, qhich form the midsegment triangle
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indirect proof
1) identify the conjecture
2) assume the opposite of the conclusion is true
3) use direct reasoning to show that the assumption leads to a contradiction
4) conclude that since the assumption is false, the original conjecture is true
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