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1
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2 lines are parallel if they lie on he same plane and don’t intersect.

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Parallel lines

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2
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lines that do not lie in the same plane

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Skew lines

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3
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planes that do not intersect

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Parallel planes

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4
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a line that intersects 2 or more lines at distinct points

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Transversal

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5
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angles are non-adjacent angles that lie on opposite sides of the traversal.

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Alternate interior angles

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lie on the same side of the traversal(t) and between(l) and (m)

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same side interior angles

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lie on the same side of the traversal(t) and in corresponding positions relative to (l) and (m)

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corresponding angles

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8
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Nonadjacent interior angles that lie on the opposite side of the transversal

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Alternate interior angles

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9
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arrows show the logical connections between the statements

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flow proof

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10
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line that is added to a diagram to help explain relationships in proofs

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auxiliary lines

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11
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an angle formed by a side and an extension of an adjacent side

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exterior angle of a polygon

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12
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2 nonadjacent interior angles corresponding to each exterior angle of a triangle

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remote interior angles

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13
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ratio of its vertical change in coordinate plane to corresponding horizontal change(rise/run)

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slope

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14
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linear equation is (y=mx+b) Where (m) is the slope of the line and (b) is the y-intercept

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slope intercept form

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15
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non vertical line with slope(m) and through point (xsub(1),ysub (1)) is y-ysub(1)=m(x-xsun(1))

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point slope form

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16
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a polygon with or triangle whose sides are all congruent.

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equilateral polygon

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17
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a polygon or triangle whose sides are all congruent

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quadrangular polygon

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18
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polygon that is both equilateral and quadrangular. Its center is the point that is equidistant from its vertices

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regular polygon

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19
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quadrilateral with 2 pairs of parallel sides

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parallelogram

20
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two sides that don’t share a vertex

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opposite sides

21
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two angles that don’t share a side

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opposite angles

22
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polygon share a common side

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consecutive angles

23
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parallelogram with four congruent sides

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rhombus

24
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parallelogram with four right angles

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rectangle

25
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parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles

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square

26
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quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides, the bases.

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trapezoid

27
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see cone, isosceles triangle, parallelogram, prism,pyramid, trapezoid, triangle

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Bases

28
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see isosceles triangle, right triangle and trapezoid

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Leg

29
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see trapezoid, isosceles triangle

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base angles

30
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whose non parallel opposite sides are congruent

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Isosceles trapezoid

31
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segment that joins the midpoints of the nonparallel opposite sides of the trapezoid

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mid segment of a trapezoid

32
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Quadrilateral with two pairs of consecutive sides congruent and no opposite sides congruent

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Kite

33
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a figure is drawn and coordinate plane ad the formulas for slope, midpoint, and distance are used to prove properties

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Coordinate proof

34
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set of three nonzero who numbers a,b,c that satisfy the Pythagorean theorem

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Pythagorean triple

35
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Sin A=leg opposite<a></a>

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sine

36
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Cos A= leg adjacent<a></a>

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cosine

37
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Tan A= leg opposite<a></a>

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tangent

38
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an angle of elevation or depression is the angle formed by a horizontal line and the line of sight to an object below the horizontal line

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Angle of elevation

39
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In triangle ABC, let a,b,c represent lengths of the sides opposite angle

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law of sines

40
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change in the position,size, and shape if a geometric figure

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transformation

41
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the given figure

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preimage

42
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resulting figure

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Image

43
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a transformation in the plane that perseveres distance and angle measures

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Rigid motion

44
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transformation that moves parts the same distance and in the same distance

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translation

45
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2 transformations in which a second transformation is performed on the image of a first transformation

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translation

46
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across a line(r), called the line of reflection, is a transformation such that if a point A is on line r, then the image A is itself, and if point B is not on line r, then its image B is the point such that r is perpendicular bisector of segment BB’

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reflection