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Points, Lines, and Rays
Distance & Midpoint
Trigonometry
History of Geometry
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The three points that make the corner of a triangle
What is...
a vertex?
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A dot on a graph
What is...
A point
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Calculate the distance between the points -5 and 8.
What is...
13 units
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What do we call an unknown angle in trig?
What is...
Theta
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The Greek root in the word "geometry".
What is...
"Geo", meaning rock or earth.
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The two main branches of symmetry
What is...
bilateral and radial.
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The X & Y numbers at which a point is located.
What is...
Coordinates
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Solve the midpoint for -5 and 8
What is...
1.5
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What is the cosine of a 55 degree angle to the nearest hundredth?
What is...
0.57
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The Indo-European root in the word "geometry"
What is...
"me", meaning to measure.
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The letter we use to signal that we have found the length of a line.
What is...
m, for measure.
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Define a ray.
What is...
A line originating at a point and extending in one direction forever.
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Define distance in geometry.
What is...
The space between two points
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Name the type of statement:
The law of cosines is an adjustment of this theorem.
What is...
the Pythagorean Theorem
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Pythagoras drowned a former member of his cult because of this number.
What is...
the square root of 2?
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The value that transforms similar triangles from one to the other.
What is...
Scale Factor.
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Define line
What is...
Two rays extending forever in opposite directions.
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Define midpoint
What is...
The exact spot in the center of two points
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Name the type of statement:
What does sine divided by cosine equal?
What is...
tangent
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The founder of geometry.
Who is...
Euclid of Alexandria
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Mr. C's favorite number
What is...
27
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Define line segment.
What is...
A line with two endpoints at which it stops.
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Solve for midpoint:
Point A is at (-12, 24)
Point B is at (48, 30)
What is...
(18, 27)
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Name the type of statement:
A triangle has an unknown angle, theta, with opposite side length of 10. There exists another angle side pair with 60 degrees and side length 17.3, what is theta?
What is...
30 degrees
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Euclid of Alexandria explained the fundamentals of Geometry in this scroll.
What is...
Elements?