Objectives Flashcards

1
Q

He gave emphasis on Plane
Geometry

A

Euclid

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2
Q

Contributed in solid geometry

A

Archimedes

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3
Q

The problems of this type of
geometry can be solved by logical reasoning from an initial core of postulates (axioms)

A

Euclidean Geometry

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4
Q

Other term for Full angle (equal to 360 degrees)

A

Perigon

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5
Q

Two angles with a common leg

A

Adjacent angles

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6
Q

Two angles whose sum is a
perigon

A

Explementary angles

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7
Q

A straight line which divides a
geometric figure into two equal figures

A

Bisector

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8
Q

Also called the centesimal degree (1/400th of the full circle)

A

Gon

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9
Q

A triangle with sides 3,4,5 units

A

Egyptian triangle

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10
Q

Triangle inscribed in a given
triangle whose vertices are the
feet of the three perpendiculars to the sides from point inside a given triangle

A

Pedal triangle

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11
Q

Golden ratio

A

72, 72, 36

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12
Q

Segment of a secant bounded by the circle

A

Chord

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13
Q

A line cutting the circle in two
places

A

Secant

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14
Q

Area bounded by two radius and the included arc

A

Sector

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15
Q

Area bounded by a chord and the arc subtending the chord

A

Segment

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16
Q

A solid whose faces are plane
polygons

A

Polyhedron

17
Q

Law of sines was demonstrated
by

A

Ptolemy of Alexandria

18
Q

Law of Cosines was introduced by

A

Francois Viete

19
Q

A circle whose center coincides with the center of the sphere

A

Great Circle

20
Q

Surfaces of wedges are called
_____ or ______

A

Spherical lunes or Digons

21
Q

Terrestrial sphere refers to the
earth as sphere with a radius of

A

3959 statute miles

22
Q

Angular distance of the point
from the equator

A

Latitude

23
Q

One minute of the arc of latitude
is approximately __________

A

one nautical mile or 1852 meters

24
Q

Angular distance between the
prime meridian and the meridian
through the point

A

Longitude

25
Q

The term conic was first introduced by _____

A

Apollonius

26
Q

Leibnis named integral calculus as

A

Calculus summatorius

27
Q

An integral in which the integrand
is integrated to n times is ______

A

n-fold iterated integral

28
Q

Quantities whose measurement
is specified by magnitude and
direction

A

Vector quantities

29
Q

Quantities which have only
magnitudes

A

Scalar quantities

30
Q

A vesto whose action is not confined to or associated with a unique line in space.

A

Free vector

31
Q

Property of the body by virtue of which a resultant force is required to change its motion.

A

Inertia

32
Q

Product if the force and the time during which it acts.

A

Impulse

33
Q

Collision of two bodies in which
KE as well as momentum is conserved.

A

Elastic collision

34
Q

Negative ratio of the relative velocity after collision to the relative velocity before collision

A

Coefficient of Restitution

35
Q

Refers to the study of motion without reference to the forces which causes the motion.

A

Kinematics

36
Q

The limited amount of resistance to sliding between the surfaces of two bodies in contact.

A

Friction

37
Q

Motion in a plane or one dimension

A

Rectilinear translation

38
Q

Stress beyond which the material will not return to its original

A

Elastic limit