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Geometry VCHS
Geometry 2nd Semester Final
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Mathematics
10th Grade
05/17/2007

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Parallelogram
Definition
quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length.[image]
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Rhombus
Definition
A parallelogram having all sides of equal length..[image]
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Rectangle
Definition
A quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.[image]
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Square
Definition
A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees
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Kite
Definition
quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.[image]
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Trapezoid
Definition
A convex quadrilateral with two non-adjacent parallel sides [image]
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Isosceles Trapezoid
Definition
An isosceles trapezoid (isosceles trapezium in British English) is a quadrilateral with a line of symmetry bisecting one pair of opposite sides, making it automatically a trapezoid. Also, an isosceles trapezoid's base angles are congruent[image]
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Ratio
Definition
A number representing a comparison between two things
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Proportion
Definition
a quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number
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Geometric means
Definition
the altitude to the hypotenuse
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similar polygons
Definition
congruent angles, but the length of each side may differ according to each polygon
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pythagorean theorem
Definition
a2+b2=c2
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ratios of sides of special right triangles
Definition
isoscles right: 45-45-90; the two legs are congruent and the hypotenuse is (the square root of)2 times the length
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30-60-90
Definition
the long leg is (the square root of)3 times the short leg, and the hypotenuse is twice the short leg
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