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A point is specific location in space with no size or shape. |
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A line is never-ending straight path.
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A segment part of a line containing two endpoints and all the points between them.
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A ray is part of a line that extends indefinitely in one direction from a fixed point.
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A plane is two-dimensional flat surface that extends in all directions.
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Opposite rays are about two rays that are part of the same line and have only their endpoints in common.
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Collinear is all about three or more points that lie on the same line. In the figure, P, Q, and R are collinear points.
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A coplanar is about points or lines that lie in the same plane.
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An angle is a figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint.
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A midpoint is a line segment, the point that is halfway between the endpoints.
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A bisector is a ray whose endpoint is the vertex of the angle and is located in the interior of the angle. It separates a given angle into two angles with equal measure. |
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Congruent means
Having the same measure.
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The vertex is a common endpoint of the rays forming the angle.
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An acute angle is a angle with a measure greater than 0° and less than 90°.
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An obtuse angle is a type of angle that measures more than 90° but less than 180°.
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A right angle measures exactly 90°.
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A straight angle measures exactly to 180°.
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Two angles are complementary angles if the sum of their measures is 90°.
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Two angles are supplementary angles if the sum of their measures is 180°.
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Vertical angles are about pposite angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
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Adjacent angles are angles that have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap.
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A linear pair is two supplementary adjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines.
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Perpendicular lines are lines which meet to form right angles.
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A polygon is a simple closed figure in a plane formed by three or more line segments.
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Here are examples of a variety of polygons. |
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Concave- Are angles that point inwards.
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Regular- All sides of the shape are congruent.
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A diagonal is a segment joining two nonconsecutive vertices of a polygon. In the figure, [image] is a diagonal.
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The sides are the two rays that form an angle. In the figure, [image] and [image] are sides of [image]RST.[image]
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The side is the segments that form a closed figure. |
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The perimeter is the distance around a closed geometric figure.
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Triangles is the shape of 3 sides.[image] |
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Irregular- 2 sides of the angle are congruent but they are not congruent with the other 2. For example, a rectagle because it has the 2 short sides that are congruent with each other 2 long sides are not congruent with the short sides but onyl with each other.
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Convex- Are angles that point outwards.
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A Quadrilateral is a shape with 4 sides.
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Hexagons is a shape with 6 angles.
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Decagon is a shape with 10 sides.
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Dodecagon is a shape that has 12 sides.
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n-gons is a polygon with n sides or number of sides in it.
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Pentagon is a shape that has 5 sides.
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