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Chapter 4
Triangle congruence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a line drawn in a figure to aid in a proof. | Auxiliary Line |
| A triangle with three acute angles | Acute Triangle |
| A triangle with three congruent acute angles | Equiangular Triangle |
| A triangle with one right triangle | Right Triangle |
| A triangle with one obtuse triangle | Obtuse Triangle |
| A triangle with three congruent sides | Equilateral Triangle |
| A triangle with at least two congruent sides | Isosceles Triangle |
| A triangle with no congruent sides | Scalene Triangle |
| A theorem whose proof follows directly form another theorem. | Corollary |
| The set of all points inside a figure | Interior |
| The set of all points outside a figure | Exterior |
| An angle formed by two sides of a triangle | Interior Angle |
| An angle formed by one side of the triangle and the extension of an adjacent side | Exterior Angle |
| An interior angle that is not adjacent to the exterior angle | Remote interior angle |
| Angels in the same position in two different polygons that have the same number of angles. | Corresponding angles of polygons |
| Sides in the same position in two different polygons that have the same number of sides. | Corresponding sides of polygons |
| Two polygons whose corresponding sides and angles are congruent. | Congruent polygons |
| A property of triangles that states that if the side lengths of a triangle are fixed, the triangle can have only one shape. | Triangle rigidity |
| An angle formed by two adjacent sides of a polygon. | Included angle |
| The common side of two consecutive angles in a ploygon. | Included side |
| CPCTC | Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent. |
| Congruent sides of an isosceles triangle | Legs |
| The angle formed by the legs | Vertex angle |
| The side opposite the vertex angle | Base |
| The two angles that have the base as a side | Base angles |