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1.1 Building Blocks of Geometry
There are 3 undefined terms in
geometry: point, line, and plane.
These terms can be described but
they can’t be defined.
A point is a “dot”. It has no size,
just a location. A point is named
by using a capital letter.
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A line is made up of an infinite
number of points and is
considered to be straight. To
name a line, pick any two points
on the line (in any order) and
place a ↔ above them.
A plane is a flat surface that
extends infinitely along its width
and length. To name a plane, a
script capital letter is used.
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Collinear points are points on the
same line.
Coplanar points are points on the
same plane.
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A ray is a part of a line that starts at a
point called its endpoint, and then
extends infinitely in one direction. To
name a ray, you need two points. The
first point is its endpoint. This indicates
where the ray starts. The other point is
any other point on the ray. You then put
a → symbol above those two points.
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A line segment is a part of a line
with a beginning and an end. The
point at the beginning and the
point at the end are called the
endpoints. To name a segment
you use its endpoints (in either
order) then place a − symbol
above them.
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To bisect an object means to cut it
in half.
A midpoint of a segment is a point
that is halfway between the
endpoints. A midpoint bisects the
segment.
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There are two ways to write “the
length of segment AB is” AB or BA