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Math Vocabulary test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Transversal | a line that intersects two co-planar lines at two distinct points |
| Isosceles | a triangle that has at least two sides congruent |
| Scalene | a triangle that has no sides congruent |
| Alternate Exterior | non-adjacent interior angles that lie opposite sides of a transversal |
| Acute Triangle | a triangle that has all acute angles |
| Point Slope | What form is the following equation? y- y1 = m(x-x1) |
| Exterior Angle | An angle formed by a side and an extension of an angle |
| Polygon | A closed plane figure with at least three sides that are congruent |
| Convex | A polygon that has no diagonal with points outside the polygon |
| Slope-Intercept | What form is the following equation? y = mx+b |
| Concave | a polygon with at least one diagonal with with points outside the polygon |
| Equilateral Polygon | a polygon with all sides congruent |
| Right Triangle | a triangle that has one right angle |
| Obtuse Trianle | a triangle that has one obtuse angle |
| Equilateral Triangle | a triangle that has all sides congruent |
| Equiangular Polygon | a polygon with all congruent angles |
| Regular Polygon | a polygon with both congruent angles and congruent sides |
| Standard Form | What form is the following equation? Ax + By = C |
| Remote Interior | For each exterior angle there are two non-adjacent interior angles called these |
| Congruent Polygons | Polygons that have congruent corresponding parts |
| Base Angles | Congruent angles of an isosceles triangle |
| Vertex | In an isosceles triangle, the angle between the congruent legs |
| Mid-segment | segment in a triangle that connects the midpoint of two sides |
| Angle Bisector | segment in a triangle that bisects an angle |
| Perpendicular Bisector | segment in a triangle that is perpendicular to a base and bisects it |
| SSS | two triangles are congruent if three pairs of corresponding sides are congruent |
| SAS | two triangles are congruent if two pairs of sides are congruent and the angles between those sides are congruent |
| ASA | two triangles are congruent if two pairs of angles are congruent and the sides between those angles are congruent |
| AAS | two triangles are congruent if two pairs of angles are congruent and the sides following those angles are congruent |
| HL | two right triangles are congruent if their hypotenuses are congruent and one pair of legs is congruent |