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1
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vertex (vertices)

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a corner of a triangle

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base

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any side of a triangle

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altitude

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the line from the vertex and perpendicular to its opposite base

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orthocenter

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the joint point of three altitudes

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median

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the line from vertex to midpoint of its opposite base

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centroid

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joint point of three medians

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7
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when do we have 6 smaller triangles of equal area?

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when we have the centroid

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8
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Ratio of vertex to centroid

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2/3

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9
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Ratio of centroid to midpoint of triangle base

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1/3

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10
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What is one of the formula to calculate area of triangle?

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(P. r )/ 2
P = Perimeter of triangle
r = the radius of inscribed circle

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11
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What is one of the formula to calculate area of triangle?

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(h.b) /2
h = altitude of triangle
b = base of triangle

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12
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What is one of the formula to calculate area of triangle?

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(abc)/ 4R
a,b,c = bases of triangle
R = radius of circumscribed triangle

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13
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What is one of the formula to calculate area of triangle?

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√s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

s = semi-perimeter of triangle

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14
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Two triangles are similar if

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  • their corresponding sides are in proportion

- square root of their area ratio equal to ratio of their bases

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15
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T or F. with corresponding sides in ratio of x/y, their volume will be in a ratio x^3 / y^3 for two similar solids

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T

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16
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What does the two similar triangles theory extend?

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to any 2-D figures

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17
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T or F. The shortest side is always opposite the largest interior triangle

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False.

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18
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T or F. If two sides are equal, their opposite angles are equal

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True.

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19
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T or F. The longest side is always opposite the largest interior triangle

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True.

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20
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angle bisector

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the line (from vertex) that divides a triangle angle into two equal angles.

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21
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incenter

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the joint point of three angle bisectors

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22
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What is the incenter regarded as?

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the center of inscribed circle in a triangle

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23
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a triangle is isosceles if:

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  • the triangle with two sides are equal in length

- the two angles are equal to each other

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24
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Formula to find the unknown base given the legs and altitude (in isosceles triangle).
How does this formula derive from?

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B = 2. √(L^2 - A^2)

Pythagorean theorem

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25
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a triangle is equilateral if:

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  • all sides have same length, or

- all angles have 60 degrees

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26
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What is the formula to calculate area of equilateral triangle?

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A = a^2 . (√3 / 4)
a = length of the side
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27
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What is the formula to calculate the altitude of equilateral triangle?

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h = a. (√3 / 2)

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28
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What is the formula to calculate the radius of circumscribed circle of equilateral triangle?

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R = a. (√3 / 3)

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29
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What is the formula to calculate the radius of inscribed circle of equilateral triangle?

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r = a. (√3 / 6)

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30
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For any point P within an equilateral triangle,

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the sum of the perpendiculars to the three sides is equal to the altitude of the triangle.


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T or F. Isosceles right triangle has the largest area in any right triangle

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True

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32
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What can we say about the distance from the midpoint of hypotenuse to each vertex in right triangle?

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they are equal to each other

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33
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What are the ratio of sides in right triangle?

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3:4:5, 5:12:13 or 8:15:17

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34
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What are the ratio of sides in isosceles right triangle?

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1:1 : √2

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35
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What are the ratio of sides in 30-60-90 right triangle?

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1: √3 : 2

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36
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What is one of the formula for the radius of the circle inscribed in a right triangle?

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r = product of two sides (not the hypotenuse) / sum of three sides

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37
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What is one of the formula for the radius of the circle inscribed in a right triangle?

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r = (sum of two sides - hypotenuse)/ 2

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38
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The sum of the interior angle of a polygon with n sides

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(n-2) . 180

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39
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The perimeter of a polygon

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the sum of the lengths of its side

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40
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T or F. If the diagonals of a rhombus are equal, then it must be a square

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T

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41
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What is the ratio of diagonal of square to its side?

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1.414 or √2

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42
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T or F. Of all quadrilaterals, with a given perimeter, the square has the smallest area

A

F.

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43
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T or F. Of all quadrilateral, with a given area, the square has the minimum perimeter

A

T

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44
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Calculation of an area of square from knowing the diagonal

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d^2 / 2

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45
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Area of circle circumscribed square

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(pi/ 2) . a^2

46
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Area of circle inscribed the square

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(pi/ 4) . a^2

47
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what are the characteristics of sides and angles in rhombus?

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all side are equal

opposite angles are equal

48
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what is the characteristic of diagonals in rhombus?

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their intersection forms a right angle

49
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Area of rhombus

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product of two diagonals divide by 2

50
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Area of trapezoid

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half of the product of height and sum of the base lengths

51
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Isosceles trapezoid

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trapezoid that has equal sides that are not parallel and both angles are same

52
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What is the length of the median in trapezoid?

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the average length of the bases

53
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What is the length of minor arc in a circle, where x is the central angle of the arc in degree?

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(2 π r x)/ 360

54
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What is the area of the minor arc in a circle, where x is the central angle of the arc in degree?

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x .π r^2/ 360

55
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If the angle is not at the center, but at a different point on the circle then what is the angle of that minor arc?

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angle = 90 L/ π r
L = length of the minor arc

angle = 1/2 of angle of the minor arc at the center

56
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T or F. It’s not an inscribed triangle if all of the vertices of the triangle are not points on the circle.

A

T.

57
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T or F. If one of the sides of an inscribed triangle is a diameter of the circle, then the triangle must be an equilateral triangle

A

F.

The triangle must be a right triangle

58
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If a circle circumscribes right triangle, then its radius is

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half the length of the hypotenuse

59
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What does revolution means in circle?

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one revolution = one circumference

60
Q

If a wheel spins at 3 revolutions per second then how fast a point on spinning wheel travel?

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3 x 2. π.r (unit of length/ second)

61
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What is the surface area of a cube?

A

6a ^2

62
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Diagonal length of a cube

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a . √3

63
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what is the other name for cuboid?

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rectangular solid

64
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What is the surface area of a cuboid?

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2 (ab+ bc+ ac)

65
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Diagonal length of a cuboid

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√a^2 + b^2 + c^2

66
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Volume of cylinder

A

π.r^2. h or area of circle x height

67
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Outer surface area of cylinder w/o base

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2πrh or perimeter of circle x height

68
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Outer surface area of cylinder w/ base

A

2πrh + 2πr^2 or

Outer surface area w/o base + area of two circles

69
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in a cone solid, what is a lateral height?

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the hypotenuse of the triangle formed by the height and radius

70
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Volume of cone

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a third of the product of height and area of circle (π.r^2 .h )/ 3

71
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Outer surface area of a cone w/o base

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half product of circle perimeter and lateral height (πrl )

72
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Outer surface area of a cone w/ base

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Outer surface area w/o base + area of circle (πrl + πr^2)

73
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Volume of sphere

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(4/3).π. r^3

74
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Surface area of sphere

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4πr^2

75
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For given two points (x1,y1) and (x2, y2) the distance between two points is

A

√(x2 - x1)^2 + (y2- y1)^2

76
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For given two points (x1,y1) and (x2, y2) the midpoint is

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x3 = (x1 + x2)/2
y3 = (y1 + y2) /2
77
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How do you find the slope of a line?

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difference of y coordinate/ difference of x coordinate

78
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when does slope is zero happen?

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when the line is horizontal. Thus

difference of y over difference of x is ZERO

79
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when is the slope undefined?

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when the line is vertical. Thus

difference of x (numerator) is zero.

80
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If the slope equal to one, then what can we conclude?

A

the angle forms with the line is 45 degree

81
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what can we say about the slopes of two parallel line?

A

they are constant and equal to each other

82
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Distance between two parallel lines

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k1 - k2 | / √(slope^2 + 1)

83
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T or F. the two lines are perpendicular if and only if the product of their slopes is 1

A

F.

-1

84
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if m is the slope of one line, what is the value of slope that perpendicular to that line

A

-1/m

85
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The two lines a.x + b.y + c = 0 and m.x + n.y + q = 0 are perpendicular if

A

a.m + b.n = 0

86
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If two lines cross each other, there is one intersected point (x,y) then at that point, the equation of line is

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y(1) = y(2)

-> a.x + m = b.x + n

87
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T or F. The distance from a point to a line is shortest when the segment from that point perpendicular to the line

A

T

88
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The distance from a point (m, n) to a line ax + by+ c = 0 is given by the formula

A

m.a + b.n + c | / √(a^2 + b^2)

89
Q

what is the expression of a parabola?

A

It is a quadratic expression: ax^2 + bx + c

90
Q

T or F. The smaller the absolute value of a, the bigger (more open) the parabola is

A

T. since the value of y increase less quickly

91
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If a is positive, the parabola open

A

upward

92
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If a is negative, the parabola open

A

downward

93
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at x- intercept, the parabola expression is written as

A

ax^2 + bx + c = 0 since y =0

94
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at y - intercept, the parabola expression is written as

A

y = c since x = 0

95
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If the discriminant is positive, then parabola has

A

two intercept with x-axis or two solutions of x

96
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If the discriminant is negative, then parabola has

A

no intercepts with x-axis or no solutions of x

97
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If the discriminant is zero, then parabola has

A

one intercept with x-axis - that is a tangent point

98
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What is the expression of discriminant in parabola?

A

b^2 - 4ac

99
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What does the vertex value represent?

A

the maximum or minimum value of the quadratic function

100
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When is the vertex maximum?

A

when a is negative and parabola open downward

101
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When is the vertex minimum?

A

when a is positive and parabola open upward

102
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How do we calculate vertex of the parabola?

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( -b/2a; c- b^2/4a )

103
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T or F. For one line (slope = m) to be perpendicular to another, the other slope is -m

A

F. it must be -1 /m

104
Q

T or F. When you are fitting the 3D objects into other 3-D objects, you can divide the volume of bigger object by volume of smaller object

A

F.

You need to know the dimension of each unit

105
Q

What do you need to know when you try to determine whether an object can fit in another one?

A

specific dimensions: length, width and height

106
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With given the lengths of two sides of triangle, in what conditions, the triangle has maximum area?

A

when the two sides meet at right angle.

107
Q

Given the lengths of two sides of parallelogram, in what condition will the parallelogram have the maximum area?

A

when this parallelogram is a rectangular (short side meets long side at right angle)

108
Q

In coordinate geometry, x-intercept is

A

the line intercept x-axis only and therefore y =0

109
Q

In coordinate geometry, y-intercept is

A

the line intercept y-axis only and therefore x= 0

110
Q

Area of any parallelogram

A

base x height

111
Q

Letting R = (x,y), then R will be equidistant from (−3,−3) and (1,−3) when?

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if and only if R lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment with endpoints (−3,−3) and (1,−3)

112
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The equation of a straight line whose x and y intercepts are a and b, respectively, is:

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x/a + y/b = 1

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