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Question | Answer |
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An angle with a measure between 0 degrees and 90 degrees. | acute angle |
Two angles that share a common vertex and side, but have no common interior points. | adjacent angles |
A segment that originates at the vertex of a triangle and makes a right angles with the line that contains the opposite side. | altitude |
A segment that divides an angle of a triangle into two equal parts. | angle bisector |
Two true conditional statements that are converses of each other. | biconditional |
Point of intersection of the medians. | circumcenter |
Two angles whose sum of their measures is 90 degrees. | complementary angles |
Three or more lines that intersect at one point. | concurrent lines |
Two geometric figures that are the same size and shape. | congruent figures |
An unproved statement that seems to be true. | conjecture |
The statement formed by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. | converse |
The statement formed when you negate the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement. | contrapositive |
An example that shows a conjecture is false. | counterexample |
A polygon with 10 sides. | decagon |
Reasoning logically from accepted facts. | deductive reasoning |
A polygon with 12 sides. | dodecagon |
A triangle with 3 congruent angles. | equiangular triangle |
A triangle with 3 congruent sides. | equilateral triangle |
A polygon with 7 sides. | heptagon |
A polygon with 6 sides. | hexagon |
Point of intersection of the angle bisectors. | incenter |
Reasoning that includes making conclusion based on observations. | inductive reasoning |
The statement formed when you negate the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. | inverse |
A triangle with at least 2 congruent sides. | isosceles triangle |
Two adjacent angles whose non-common sides are opposite rays. | linear pair |
A segment that connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side. | median |
A point that divides a segment into 2 congruent segments. | midpoint |
A polygon with 9 sides. | nonagon |
An angle whose measure is between 90 degrees and 180 degrees. | obtuse angle |
A polygon with 8 sides. | octagon |
Point of intersection of the altitudes. | orthocenter |
Two coplanar lines that do not intersect. | parallel lines |
A polygon with 5 sides. | pentagon |
A segment that intersects the side of a triangle at its midpoint and makes a right angle. | perpendicular bisector |
Lines that intersect to form a right angle. | perpendicular lines |
A statement that is accepted as true without proof. | postulate |
A polygon with 4 sides. | quadrilateral |
A set of points extending infinitely in one direction. | ray |
A polygon that is both equiangular and equilateral. | regular polygon |
An angle with the measure of 90 degrees. | right angle |
A triangle with no congruent sides. | scalene triangle |
A part of a line with two endpoints. | segment |
Two non-coplanar lines that do not intersect. | skew lines |
The set of all points. | space |
An angle with the measure of 180 degrees. | straight angle |
Two angles whose sum measures 180 degrees. | supplementary angles |
A statement that must be proved to be true. | theorem |
A line that intersects two or more coplanar lines at different points. | transversal |
Two angles whose sides form two sets of opposite rays. | vertical angles |