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Coplanar lines that do not intersect |
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Noncoplanar lines, therefore they are neither parallel nor intersecting |
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a line that intersects two coplanar lines at two distinct points |
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Alternate Interior Angles |
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2 nonadjacent interior angles on opposite sides of the transversal |
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Same-Side Interior Angles |
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two interior angles on the same side of the transversal |
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two angles in corresponding positions relative to the two lines |
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If two parallel planes are cut by a third plane, then |
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then the lines of intersection are parallel |
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Postulate for proving lines parallel
If two lines are cut by a transversal and corresponding angles are congruent, then |
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then the lines are parallel |
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Theorem
If two lines are cut by a transversal and same side interior (exterior) angles are congruent, then |
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then the lines are parallel |
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Theroem
If two lines are cut by a transversal and same side interior (exterior) angles are supplementary, then |
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then the lines are parallel |
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In a plane, two lines perpendicular to the same line |
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Through a point not on a line, |
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ther is exactly one line parallel to the given line |
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Through a point not on a line, |
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there is exactly one line perpendicular to the given line |
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Two lines parallel to a third line... |
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are parallel to each other |
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- A figure formed by 3 segments joining three noncollinear points
- vertex (vertices)
- sides
- angles
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a line (or ray or segment) added to a diagram to help with the proof |
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The sum of the angles of a triangle |
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a statement that can easily be proved by a theorem |
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Corollary
If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then |
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then the third angles are congruent |
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Corollary
Each angle of an equiangular triangle |
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In a triangle, there can be at most |
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one right or obtuse angle |
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The acute angles of a right a triangle |
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The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle |
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equals the sum of the measures of the remote interior angles |
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a circle is not a polygon |
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beause it is not made of segments |
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A closed plane figure with at least three sides. The sides intersect only at their endpoints and no adjacent sides are collinear. |
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a polygon in which no diagonal contains points outside the polygon |
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a ploygon in which a diagonal contains points outside the polygon |
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a segment that connects two non-consecutive vertices
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how do you find how many diagonals can be drawn from one vertex? |
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n-3
n =number of sides in the polygon
(and if diagonals have been drawn from one vertex, then the number of triangles they form multiplied by 180 equals the sum of all interior angles in the polygon) |
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Theorem
The sum of the measures of the angles of a convex polygon with n sides is |
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Theorem
The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any convex polygon, one at each vertex is |
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equilateral and equiangular
(all sides and angles are congruent) |
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produces a conclusion based on accepted statements (definitions, postualtes, previos theorems, corollaries, given info)
*conclusions must be true if hypothesis is true |
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produces a conclusion based on several past observations
*conclusion is probably true, but not necessarily |
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