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acute angle/ degree under 90

obtuse angle/ degree over 90


right angle/ 90 degrees
Perpendicular lines/ 2 segments, rays, or lines that form a 90 degree angle
Proof/ a sequence of justified conclusions used to prove the validity of an if-then statement
Proportion/ statement that two ratios are equal
Protracter/ a tool used to measure angles
Radius/ segment whose endpoints are any point on a circle or sphere and its center; the length of that
segment
Rhombus/ parallelogram with four equilateral sides
Scalene triangle/ triangle with no equilateral sides
Transversal/ line that intersects 2 others
Angle/ the union of 2 rays that have the same endpoint
Coplanar/ within the same plane
Degree/ unit used to measure angles
Given/ information assumed to be true in a proof
Hypotenuse/ the side opposite the right angle in a right triangle
Octagon/ eight-sided polygon
Parallel lines/ two or more coplanar lines that have no points in common or are identical
Parallel planes/ planes that have no points in common
Pentagon/ five-sided polygon
Plane/ two-dimensional group of points that goes on infinitely in all directions; made up of infinite lines
Skew lines/ non-coplanar lines that don't intersect
Slope/ the measure of the tilt of a line; rise over run
Triangle/ a polygon with three sides
Trapezoid/ quadrilateral that has at least one pair of parallel sides

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