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1. Formula for finding the number of rays and segments in a line.

a. Rays
b. Segments

n(n1)
n(n1)
2

2. Angle Pairs
a. Adjacent angles: Adjacent angles are neighboring angles that have the same
vertex and that share a side; also, neither angle can be inside the other. This very
simple idea is kind of a pain to define, so just check out the figure below a
pictures worth a thousand words.

None of the unnamed angles to the right are adjacent because they either dont share a
vertex or dont share a side.
Warning: If you have adjacent angles, you cant name any of the angles with a single
letter.

Instead, you have to refer to the angle in question with a number or with three letters.

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b. Complementary angles: Two angles that add up to 90 (or a right angle) are
complementary. They can be adjacent angles but dont have to be.

c. Supplementary angles: Two angles that add up to 180 (or a straight angle) are
supplementary. They may or may not be adjacent angles.

Such angle pairs are called a linear pair.

Angles A and Z are supplementary because they add up to 180.
d. Vertical angles: When intersecting lines form an X, the angles on the opposite
sides of the X are called vertical angles.

Two vertical angles are always the same size as each other. By the way, as you can see in
the figure, the vertical in vertical angles has nothing to do with the up-and-down meaning
of vertical

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3. Definition of Postulate
Postulate
A statement, also known as an axiom, which is taken to be true without proof.
Postulates are the basic structure from which lemmas and theorems are derived. The
whole of Euclidean geometry, for example, is based on five postulates known
as Euclid's postulates.
4. Definition of Theorem
Theorem
A theorem is a statement that can be demonstrated to be true by accepted
mathematical operations and arguments. In general, a theorem is an embodiment of
some general principle that makes it part of a larger theory. The process of showing a
theorem to be correct is called a proof.
5. Definition of Corollary
Corollary
An immediate consequence of a result already proved. Corollaries usually state more
complicated theorems in a language simpler to use and apply.
6. Definition of Axiom
Axiom
An axiom is a proposition regarded as self-evidently true without proof. The word
"axiom" is a slightly archaic synonym for postulate. Compare conjecture orhypothesis,
both of which connote apparently true but not self-evident statements.
7.
A
B
C
D
E
Find the rays and segments and name them.

a. Segments : 15 Line Segments

AB; AC; AD; AE; AF; BC; BD; BE; BF; CD; CE; CF; DE; DF; EF
b. Rays : 30 Rays
AB; AC; AD; AE; AF; BC; BD; BE; BF; CD; CE; CF; DE; DF; EF
BA; CA; DA; EA; FA; CB; DB; EB; FB; DC; EC; FC; ED; FD; FE
8. Finding Coordinates

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