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Definitions

 

  1. Midpoint: If M is the midpoint of AB, then AM = MB 
  2. Complementary angles: If two angles’ sum is 90, then they are complementary.
  3. Supplementary angles: If two angles’ sum is 180, then they are supplementary.
  4. Linear pair of angles: If two adjacent angles’ non-common sides form opposite rays, then they are a linear pair of angles.
  5. Opposite rays: If two rays that share a common endpoint form a 180 angle, then those rays are opposite rays.
  6. Perpendicular lines: If two lines are perpendicular, then they form four right angles.
  7. Angle bisector: If a ray contains the vertex of a given angle and divides the angle into two equal angles, then that ray is an angle bisector.
  8. Congruent: If two angles are congruent, then they are equal.
  9. Isosceles triangle: A triangle with at least two congruent sides.
  10. Median: A line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
  11. Perpendicular bisector: A line perpendicular to the midpoint of a segment.
  12. Altitude: line segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
  13. Parallelogram: a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.
  14. Rectangle: a quadrilateral with four right angles.
  15. Rhombus: a quadrilateral with four congruent sides.
  16. Square: a quadrilateral with four right angles and four congruent sides.
  17. Trapezoid: a quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
  18. Isosceles trapezoid: a trapezoid with legs of equal length.
  19. Median of a trapezoid: a segment connecting the midpoints of the legs of a trapezoid.
  20. Statement: If p, then q.
  21. Inverse: If not p, then not q.
    Contrapositive: If not q, then not p.
  22. Converse: If q, then p.
  23. Minor arc: the degree measure of a minor arc is congruent to the central arc.
  24. Inscribed angle: An angle whose vertex lies on the circle edge and whose sides form chords.
  25. Regular polygon: A polygon whose sides and angles are congruent.
  26. Apothem: distance from the center of a polygon to one of its sides.
  27. Radius: distance from the center to the vertex of a polygon.
  28. Prism: 3-D shape where all alteral sides called the faces are paralellgram
  29. Right prism: faces are perpendicular to the bases
  30. Oblique prism:  faces not perpendicular to bases.
  31. Cylinder: Polyhedron where the two bases are congruent circles
  32. Pyramaids: A polyhedron containing one base and whose faces are triangles converging on a common vertex

Theorems

  1. If there are two lines, then they intersect in exactly one point.
  2. If there is one line and a point not on the line, then they exist in exactly one plane.
  3. If two lines intersect, then they are contained in exactly one plane.
  4. Midpoint theorem: If M is the midpoint of AB, then ĀM=½ ĀB and BM=½AB.
  5. Angle Bisector theorem: If BX bisects <ABC, then m <ABX=½m<ABC and m<BC=½ <ABC.
  6. If vertical angles, then they are congruent.
  7. If two angles are a linear pair, then they are congruent.
  8. If right angles, then congruent.
  9. If two lines are perpendicular, then they form congruent adjacent angles.
  10. If two lines form congruent angles, then the lines are perpendicular.
  11. If the exterior sides of two adjacent acute angles are perpendicular, then the angles are complementary.
  12. If two angles are compliments to the same, or equal, angles, then they are congruent.
  13. If two angles are supplements to the same, or equal, angles, then they are congruent.
  14. If two lines are parallel, then alternate interior angles are congruent. (Z)
  15. If alternate interior angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.
  16. If two lines are parallel, then same side interior angles are supplementary. (U)
  17. If same side interior angles are supplementary, then the lines are parallel.
  18. If a line is perpendicular to one of two perpendicular lines, then it is perpendicular to the other.
  19. If two lines are perpendicular to the same line, then they are parallel to each other.
  20. If a point is not on a line, then there is exactly one line through the point parallel to the other line.
  21. If a point is not on a line, then there is exactly one line through the point perpendicular to the other line.
  22. Triangle sum theorem: If there is a triangle, then the sum of its angles is 180.
  23. If a triangle, then the measure of en exterior angle is equal to the sum of two remote angles.
  24. If a convex polygon, then the sum of the measures of the interior angles is (x-2) 180.
  25. Exterior angle sum theorem: If a convex polygon, then the sum of the exterior angles is equal to 360.
  26. Side Angle Angle congruency theorem: If two angles and a side of a triangle are congruent to two angle and a side of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent
  27. Hypotenuse Leg theorem: If a hypotenuse and a leg of one triangle are congruent to another hypotenuse and a leg of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
  28. Two sides of a triangle are congruent, if and only if, the angles opposite these sides are congruent.
  29. A point is on a perpendicular bisector, if and only if, it is equidistant from the endpoints of the line segment.
  30. A point is on an angle bisector, if and only if, it is equidistant from the two sides of the angle.
  31. If a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then the opposite angles are congruent.
  32. If a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then the opposite sides are congruent.
  33. If a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, then the diagonals bisect each other.
  34. If opposite angles of a quadrilateral are congruent, then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
  35. If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are congruent, then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
  36. If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, than the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
  37. If one pair of opposite sides of a quadrilateral is parallel and congruent, then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
  38. If three parallel lines cut off congruent segments of one transversal, then the lines cut off congruent segments of every transversal.
  39. If a segment connects two sides of a triangle, then it is parallel and congruent to the third side.
  40. If a quadrilateral is a rectangle, then the diagonals are congruent.
  41. If a quadrilateral is a rhombus, then the diagonals are perpendicular.
  42. If a quadrilateral is a rhombus, then the diagonals bisect opposite angles.
  43. If you have a right triangle, then the midpoint of the hypotenuse is equidistant from the three vertices
  44. If a parallelogram has one right angle, then it is a rectangle.
  45. If a parallelogram had two congruent sides, then it is a rhombus.
  46. If a trapezoid is isosceles, then each pair of base angles is congruent.
  47. If a segment is a median of a trapezoid, then it is parallel to the bases and has a length congruent to the average of the base lengths.  
  48. Exterior angle Inequality Theorem: The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is greater than the measure of either remote interior angle.
  49. If one side of a triangle is longer than a second side, then the angle opposite the first side is larger than the angle opposite the second side.
  50. If one angle of a triangle is larger than a second angle, then the side opposite the first angle is longer then the side opposite the third side.
  51. If two sides are added, then the sides are greater than the length of the third side.
  52. SSS Inequality: If two sides of a triangle are equal to two sides of another triangle, but the third side of the first triangle is less then the third side of the second triangle, then the opposite angle of the third side of the first triangle is less then the opposite angle of the of the third side of the second triangle.
  53. SAS Inequality: If two sides of a triangle are equal to two sides of another triangle, and the included angle of the first triangle is less then the angle of the second angle, then the third side of the first triangle is less then the third side of the second side.
  54. SAS Similarity: If an angle of a triangle is congruent to an angle of another triangle and the sides including those angles are in proportion, then the triangles are similar.
  55. SSS Similarity: If the sides of two triangles are in proportion, then the triangles are similar.
  56. If a line parallel to one side of a triangle intersects the other two sides, then it divides these sides proportionally.

56a.If three are more parallel lines intersect two or more transversals, then they will the divide the transversals proportionally.

57.If a ray bisects an angle of a triangle, then it divides the opposite side into segments in proportion two the other two sides.

58.If an altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, then the triangles formed are similar to the original triangle and to each other.

58a.  And the legs are the geometric means of the hypotenuse and altitude is the geometric leg of the hypotenuse.

59.Pythagorean theorem: The sum of the legs equals the square of the hypotenuse, if and only if, it is a right triangle.

60.In a 45-45-90 right triangle, the hypotenuse is √2 times as long as a leg.

61.In a 30-60-90 right triangle, the relationship between the lengths is a-a√3-2a.

62.A line is perpendicular to a radius of a circle on a point on the circle, if and only if, the line is a tangent.

63.If there is a point outside a circle and tangents go through that circle from the point, then the tangents are congruent.

64.In a circle or congruent circles, if two central angles are congruent, then the arcs are equal.

65.In a circle, if chords are congruent, then intercepted arcs are congruent.

66.In a circle, if a diameter is perpendicular to a chord, then it bisects the chord and its intercepted arcs.

67.Two chords are congruent, if and only if, the two chords are equidistant from the center.

68.If an angle is inscribed in a circle, then its measure is half of its intercepted arc.

69.If a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then opposite angles are supplementary.

70.If a triangle is inscribed inside a semicircle, then it is a right triangle.

71.If inscribed angles intercept the same are congruent arcs, then they are congruent to each other.

72.If two chords intersect in a circle, then the angles formed are half the sum of the intercepted arcs.

73.If two tangents, a tangent and a secant, or two secants to a triangle start form the same exterior point, then the external angles are half the difference of intercepted arcs.

74.If two chards intersect, then the product of two segments of one chord equals the product of two segments of another chord.

75.If two secants are drawn to a circle from the same exterior point, then the product of the exterior secant segment of one secant is equal to the product of the exterior secant segment and the entire segment of another secant.

76.If a secant and a tangent are drawn to a circle from the same exterior point, then the product of the exterior secant segment and the entire secant segment is equal to the square of the tangent segment.

77.Area of a Rectangle= b*h

78.Area of a Triangle= ½ b*h

79.Area of a paralellagram= b*h

80.Area of a rhombus= ½ the product of the diagonals

81.Area of a regular polygon= ½ apothem * perimeter

82.Lateral Area of Prism: p of base times height

83.Total Area of Prism: Lateral Area + 2Base

84.Volume of Prism: Base * Height

85.Lateral Area of Cylinder: Height * 2пr

86.Total Area of Cylinder: 2пr*H + 2п

87.Volume of a Cylinder: h* п

88.Lateral Area of a pyramid: one half perimeter times slant height

89.Total Area of a Pyramid: LA +B

90.Volume of a Pyramid: one third base times height

91.Lateral Area of a cone: пrl

92.Total area of a cone: п+пrl

93.Volume of a cone: one third пr² times height

94.Surface Area of a Sphere: 4п

95.Volume of a Sphere: four thirds п

96.If two solids are similar, then the ratio of the corresponding sides equals the ratio of the perimeters; the ratio of the area equals the square of the ratio of corresponding sides, and the ratio of the volume of the ratio of the corresponding side.

97.     The Distance formula: √ (x-x)² + (y-y)²

Postulates

  1. Ruler Postulate: Two angles have a positive distance.
  2. Segment Addition Postulate: If B is between A and C then AB + BC  = AC
  3. Protractor Postulate: All angles have a measurement of 0 – 180.
  4. Angle Addition Postulate: Two angles that are adjacent can be added if they are not over 180 and do not overlap.
  5. Two points make a line.
  6. Three non-collinear points make a plane.
  7. If two points are in a plane, then the line that contains the point is in that plane.
  8. Two planes intersect in a line.
  9. If two lines are parallel, then corresponding angles are congruent. (F)
  10. If corresponding angles are congruent, then lines are parallel. (F)
  11. Side Side Side Congruency Postulate: If three sides of a triangle are congruent to three sides of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
  12. Angle Side Angle Congruency Postulate: If two sides and the included angle of a triangle are congruent to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
  13. Angle Side Angle Congruency Postulate: If two angles and the included side of a triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
  14. AA similarity Postulate: If two or more angles of a triangle are equal to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
  15. Arc addition postulate: If consecutive arcs, then they can be added.
  16. The area of a square= side of the square ²
  17. If two shapes are congruent, then areas are equal.
  18. Area addition postulate: two non-overlapping areas can be added.
  19. Area of circle: пr²
  20. Circumference of a circle: 2пr
  21. Ratio of area of a sector: area of sector/ area of circle equals central angle of a sector/ central angle of a circle
  22. Ratio of length of a sector: length of a sector/ circumference equals central angle/ 360
  23. Geometric probability: Desired outcome/ total outcome  



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