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5493406854Tangentintersects a circle in only 1 place.0
5493406855Secantintersects a circle in 2 places.1
5493406860Central angleis equal to its intercepted arc.2
5493406861Inscribed angleis equal to ½ its intercepted arc.3
5493406872Adjacent anglesshare a common vertex, a common side, but not common interior points.4
5493406873Complementary angles2 angles when added together that equal 90 degrees. They do not have to be adjacent angles.5
5493406874Supplementary angles2 angles when added together that equal 180 degrees.They do not have to be adjacent angles.6
5493406875Vertical anglesare congruent7
5493406876Alternate interior anglesare congruent.8
5493406877Corresponding anglesare congruent.9
5493406878Sum of the angles in a trianglethe 3 angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.10
5493406879Triangles classified by sidesscalene triangles have no equal sides. isosceles triangles have at least 2 equal sides. equilateral triangles have 3 equal sides.11
5493406880Triangles classified by anglesacute triangles have 3 acute angles. right triangles have a 90 degree and 2 acute angles. obtuse triangles have an obtuse and 2 acute angles.12
5493406881Exterior angle of a triangleequals the sum of the 2 opposite interior angles.13
5493406882Isosceles trianglessides opposite congruent angles are congruent. angles opposite congruent sides are congruent.14
5493406883Triangle inequality theoremthe sum of 2 sides of a triangle must be greater than the 3rd side.15
5493406885Medianbisects the opposite side into 2 congruent line segments. median segments are in a ratio of 2 to 1.16
5493406886Angle bisectorbisects an angle into 2 congruent angles.17
5493406887Altitudemakes a right angle with the opposite side.18
5493406888Perpendicular bisectorbisects and makes a right angle with a side of a triangle.19
5493406889Similar trianglesangles in similar (∼) triangles are congruent. sides are in proportion.20
5493406890Proving triangles similarneed only 2 angles to be congruent to prove 2 triangles similar.21
5493406891Proving triangles congruentcan not be angle angle side (A.S.S.) or side side angle(S.S.A.).22
5493406892C.P.C.T.C.corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.23
5493406893Pythagorean theorema squared plus b squared equals c squared. the hypotenuse is always c.24
5493406920Perimeterdistance around the outside of a polygon.25
5493406934TransformationsDilations are a capital D. Reflections are a lower case r. Rotations are a capital R. Translations are a capital T.26
5493406935DilationMultiply both coordinates by the scale factor.27
5493406936Reflection over the x axischange the sign of the y coordinate.28
5493406937Reflection over the y axischange the sign of the x coordinate.29
5493406938Reflection over the line y=xswitch the x and y coordinates.30
5493406939Rotation of 90 degreesgraph the coordinate. rotate the graph 90 degrees counter clockwise and read the new point.31
5493406940Rotation of 180 degreesgraph the coordinate. rotate the graph 180 degrees counter clockwise and read the point.32
5493406941Rotation of 270 degreesgraph the coordinate. rotate the graph 270 degrees counter clockwise and read the point.33
5493406942Translationadd the 2 integers to the orginal coordinate. add the first integer to the x coordinate and the second integer to the y coordinate.34
5493406952Planehas no thickness and extends forever in all directions.35
5493406953Linehas no thickness, but it extends forever in both directions.36
5493406955Collinear pointsare points that lie on the same line37
5493406956Coplanar pointsare points that lie on the same plane38
5493406957Parallel linesare lines on the same plane that never touch.39

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