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Example Question #11 : Lines
Refer to the above figure.
True or false: and comprise a pair of opposite rays.
False
True
False
Two rays are opposite rays, by definition, if
(1) they have the same endpoint, and
(2) their union is a line.
The first letter in the name of a ray always refers to the endpoint of the ray. Therefore, has its endpoint at and has its endpoint at . The two rays are not opposite rays.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
Refer to the above figure.
True or false: and comprise a pair of opposite rays.
True
False
False
The first letter in the name of a ray refers to its endpoint; the second refers to the name of any other point on the ray. and are rays that have endpoint and pass through and , respectively. Those rays are indicated below in red and green, respectively.
As it turns out, the two rays are one and the same.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
Refer to the above figure.
True or false: and comprise a pair of opposite rays.
False
True
True
Two rays are opposite rays, by definition, if
(1) they have the same endpoint, and
(2) their union is a line.
The first letter in the name of a ray refers to its endpoint; the second refers to the name of any other point on the ray. and both have endpoint , so the first criterion is met. passes through point and passes through point ; and are indicated below in green and red, respectively:
The union of the two rays is a line. Both criteria are met, so the rays are indeed opposite.
Example Question #11 : Lines
Refer to the above diagram.
True or false: , , and are collinear points.
True
False
False
Three points are collinear if there is a single line that passes through all three. In the diagram below, it can be seen that the line that passes through and does not pass through .
Therefore, the three points are not collinear.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
Refer to the above diagram.
True or false: , , and are collinear points.
False
True
True
Three points are collinear if there is a single line that passes through all three. In the diagram below, it can be seen that such a line exists.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
True or false: The plane containing the above figure can be called Plane .
True
False
True
A plane can be named after any three points on the plane that are not on the same line. , , and do not appear on the same line; for example, as can be seen below, the line that passes through and does not pass through .
Plane is a valid name for the plane that includes this figure.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
Refer to the above diagram.
True or false: Quadrilateral can also be called Quadrilateral .
True
False
False
A quadrilateral is named after its four vertices in consecutive order, going clockwise or counterclockwise. Quadrilateral is the figure in red, below:
, , , and are not a clockwise or counterclockwise ordering of the vertices, so Quadrilateral is not a valid name for the quadrilateral.
Example Question #1541 : Basic Geometry
Refer to the above diagram:
True or false: may also called .
True
False
False
A line can be named after any two points it passes through. The line is indicated in green below.
The line does not pass through , so cannot be part of the name of the line. Specifically, is not a valid name.
Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle Of A Line
Examine the diagram. Which of these conditions does not prove that ?
and
Any of these statements can be used to prove that .
If and , then , since two lines parallel to the same line are parallel to each other.
If , then , since two same-side interior angles formed by transversal are supplementary.
If , then , since two alternate interior angles formed by transversal are congruent.
However, regardless of whether and are parallel; they are vertical angles, and by the Vertical Angles Theorem, they must be congruent.
Example Question #1 : How To Find An Angle Of A Line
An isosceles triangle has an interior angle that measures . What are the measures of its other two angles?
This triangle cannot exist.
By the Isosceles Triangle Theorem, two interior angles must be congruent. However, since a triangle cannot have two obtuse interior angles, the two missing angles must be the ones that are congruent. Since the total angle measure of a triangle is , each of the missing angles measures .