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    Geometry Definitions

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    The document defines several geometry terms: A line segment is part of a straight line between two end points. A ray extends from an endpoint in one direction. An angle is formed by two rays or line segments meeting at a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are identified by naming the vertex letter. A plane is a flat surface such as a board or table. Different types of angles are also defined such as acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles. Complementary angles sum to 90 degrees while supplementary angles sum to 180 degrees.

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    The document defines several geometry terms: A line segment is part of a straight line between two end points. A ray extends from an endpoint in one direction. An angle is formed by two rays or line segments meeting at a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are identified by naming the vertex letter. A plane is a flat surface such as a board or table. Different types of angles are also defined such as acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles. Complementary angles sum to 90 degrees while supplementary angles sum to 180 degrees.

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    The document defines several geometry terms: A line segment is part of a straight line between two end points. A ray extends from an endpoint in one direction. An angle is formed by two rays or line segments meeting at a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are identified by naming the vertex letter. A plane is a flat surface such as a board or table. Different types of angles are also defined such as acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles. Complementary angles sum to 90 degrees while supplementary angles sum to 180 degrees.

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    Geometry Definitions

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    Alicia DeWitt
    The document defines several geometry terms: A line segment is part of a straight line between two end points. A ray extends from an endpoint in one direction. An angle is formed by two rays or line segments meeting at a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are identified by naming the vertex letter. A plane is a flat surface such as a board or table. Different types of angles are also defined such as acute, right, obtuse, straight, and reflex angles. Complementary angles sum to 90 degrees while supplementary angles sum to 180 degrees.

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    Geometry Definitions

    1.

    Line Segment A line segment is a straight line segment which is part of the straight line between two points. To identify a line segment, one can write AB or . The points on each side of the line segment are referred to as the end points. Ray A ray is the part of the line which consists of the given point and the set of all points on one side of the end point. A is the end point and this ray means that all points starting from A are included in in the ray. A ray can also be written like: Angle An angle can be defined as two rays or two line segments having a common end point. The endpoint becomes known as the vertex. An angle occurs when two rays meet or unite at the same endpoint. The angles pictured below can be identified as ABC or CBA. You can also write this angle as B which names the vertex. (common endpoint of the two rays.)

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    3.

    The vertex (in this case B) is always written as the middle letter. It matters not where you place the letter or number of your vertex, it is acceptable to place the it on the inside or the outside of your angle.

    This angle would be called 3. OR, you can also name the vertex by using a letter. For instance, 3 could also be named angle B if you choose to change the number to a letter.

    This angle would be named

    ABC or

    CBA or

    4.

    Plane A plane is often represented by a blackboard, bulletin board, a side of a box or the top of a table. These 'plane' surfaces are used to connect any two or more points on a straight line. A plane is a flat surface.

    An angle is defined as: where two rays or two line segments join at a common endpoint
    called the vertex. See part 1 for additional information. Acute Angle An acute angle measures less that 90 and can look something like these (angles between the grey rays):

    Right Angle A right angle measures exactly 90 and will look something like this:

    Obtuse Angle An obtuse angle measures more than 90 but less than 180 and will look something like these:

    Straight Angle A straight angle is 180

    Reflex Angle An reflex angle is more than 180 but less than 360 and will look something like this:

    Pairs of Angles:

    Complementary Angles Two angles adding up to 90 are called complementary angles. ABD + DBC are Complementary

    Supplementary Angles Two angles adding up to 180 are called supplementary angles. ABD + DBC are Supplementary

    If you know the angle of ABD, you can easily determine what the subtracting ABD from 180!

    DBC is by

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