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Key Geometry Postulates and Theorems

This document contains 46 theorems and postulates related to mathematics. It covers topics like lines, planes, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, parallel lines, and similarity. The theorems and postulates define fundamental properties and relationships in geometry, such as the fact that two lines intersect in at most one point, the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees, and corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional.

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Key Geometry Postulates and Theorems

This document contains 46 theorems and postulates related to mathematics. It covers topics like lines, planes, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, parallel lines, and similarity. The theorems and postulates define fundamental properties and relationships in geometry, such as the fact that two lines intersect in at most one point, the angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees, and corresponding sides of similar triangles are proportional.

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Subject: MATHEMATICS

Teacher: Ms. Margie S. Malate

Submitted by: Daniel Henry Lee


Postulate 1 For any two points, there is exactly one line containing
them.

Theorem 1 Two lines intersect in at most one point.

Postulate 2 Three noncollinear points are contained in exactly one


plane.

Postulate 3 If two points of a line are in a given plane, then the line
is in the plane.

Postulate 4 If two planes intersect, then they intersect in exactly


one line.

Postulate 5 Space is determined by at least four points not all in


the same plane.

Theorem 2 A line and a point not on the line are contained in


exactly one plane.

Theorem 3 If a line intersects a plane, but is not contained in the


plane, then the

intersection is exactly one point.

Theorem 4 Two intersecting lines are contained in exactly one


plane.

Postulate 6 On every line, there is a segment with a given point as


an endpoint

congruent to any given segment.

Postulate 7 For every ray, there is an angle with the given ray as a
side congruent to

any given angle.

Postulate 8 Every segment has exactly one midpoint.

Postulate 9 Every angle, except a straight angle, has exactly one


bisector.
Postulate 10 Angle Addition Postulate: If D is in the interior of /
ABC, then

m / ABC = m / ABD + m / DBC.

Postulate 11 The sum of the measures of the angles with the same
vertex on one side

of a line and with no interior points in common is 180


degrees.

The sum of the measures of all angles around a


common vertex and with
no interior points in common is 360 degrees.

Theorem 5 All right angles are congruent.

Theorem 6 Two perpendicular lines form four congruent right


angles.

Postulate 12 For a given point and a line in a plane, there is


exactly one line through

the point that is perpendicular to the given line.

Theorem 7 If two lines form congruent adjacent angles, then the


lines are

perpendicular.

Theorem 8 Supplements of congruent angles are congruent.

Corollary Supplements of the same angle are congruent.

Theorem 9 Complements of congruent angles are congruent.

Corollary Complements of the same angle are congruent.

Theorem 10 Vertical angles are congruent.

Postulate 13 Alternate Interior Angle Postulate: If two parallel


lines are intersected

by a transversal, then the alternate interior angles


are congruent.
Theorem 11 If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal,
then the

corresponding angles are congruent.

Theorem 12 If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal,


then the consecutive

interior angles are supplementary.

Postulate 14 If two lines are intersected by a transversal so that


the alternate interior

angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.

Theorem 13 If two lines are intersected by a transversal so that


the corresponding

angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.

Corollary In a plane, two lines perpendicular to the same line


are parallel.

Theorem 14 If two lines are intersected by a transversal so that


the consecutive

interior angles are supplementary, then the lines are


parallel.

Postulate 15 The Parallel Postulate: Through a point not on a line,


there is exactly

one line parallel to the given line.

Theorem 15 The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is


180 degrees.

Theorem 16 If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two


angles of a second

triangle then the third angles are congruent.

Theorem 17 In a plane, two lines parallel to the same line are


parallel to each other.
Theorem 18 The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is equal
to the sum of the

measures of its two remote interior angles.

Corollary The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is


greater than either

remote interior angle.

Postulate 16 SSS: If the three sides of one triangle are congruent


to the

corresponding three sides of another triangle, then


the triangles are

congruent.

Postulate 17 SAS: If two sides and the included angle of one


triangle are congruent

to the corresponding sides and angle in another


triangle, then the

triangles are congruent.

Postulate 18 ASA: If two angles and the included side of one


triangle are congruent

to the corresponding angles and sides in another


triangle, then the

triangles are congruent.

Theorem 19 AAS: In a triangle, if two angles and a side opposite


one of them are

congruent to the corresponding angles and side in


another triangle, then

the triangles are congruent.

Theorem 20 If two sides of a triangle are congruent, then the


angles opposite them are

congruent.
Corollary 1 An equilateral triangle is also equiangular.

Corollary 2 The measure of each angle in an equilateral triangle is


60 degrees.

Theorem 21 If two angles of a triangle are congruent, then the


sides opposite those

angles are congruent.

Corollary An equiangular triangle is also equilateral.

Theorem 22 LL: If the two legs of a right triangle are congruent to


two legs of

another right triangle, then the right triangles are


congruent.

Theorem 23 LA: If a leg and an acute angle of one right triangle


are congruent to the

corresponding leg and angle of another right triangle,


then the triangles

are congruent.

Theorem 24 HA: If the hypotenuse and an acute angle of one


right triangle are

congruent to the hypotenuse and corresponding acute


angle of another

right triangle then the triangles are congruent.

Theorem 25 HL: If the hypotenuse and a leg of one right triangle


are congruent to

the hypotenuse and corresponding leg of another


right triangle, then the

triangle are congruent.

Theorem 26 Perpendicular Bisector Theorem: Any point on a


perpendicular bisector
of a segment is equidistant from the endpoints of the
segment.

Theorem 27 A line containing two points that are each equidistant


from the endpoints

of a segment is the perpendicular bisector of the


segment.

Theorem 28 Corresponding medians of congruent triangles are


congruent.

Theorem 29 Corresponding altitudes of congruent triangles are


congruent.

Theorem 30 The sum of the measures of the angles of a convex


quadrilateral is 360

degrees.

Theorem 31 The sum of the measures of the angles of a convex


polygon with n sides is

(n - 2)180 degrees.

Corollary The measure of an angle of a regular polygon with n


sides is (n - 2)180 .

Theorem 32 A diagonal of a parallelogram forms two congruent


triangles.

Corollary Opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent.

Corollary 2 Opposite angles of a parallelogram are congruent.

Theorem 33 The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

Theorem 34 If both pairs of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are


congruent, then

the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Theorem 35 If both pairs of opposite angles of a quadrilateral are


congruent, then
the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Theorem 36 If two sides of a quadrilateral are parallel and


congruent, then the

quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Theorem 37 If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other,


then the

quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

Theorem 38 The segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a


triangle is parallel to

the third side, and its length is half the third side.

Theorem 39 If three parallel lines cut off congruent segments on


one transversal, then
they cut off congruent segments on every
transversal.

Postulate 19 The shortest path between any two points is a


segment.

Theorem 40 Parallel lines are equidistant at all points.

Postulate 21 A line of symmetry of a symmetric polygon is the


perpendicular bisector

of any segment joining a pair of corresponding points


of the polygon.

Postulate 22 AA: If two angles in a triangle are congruent to the


two corresponding

angles in another triangle, then the triangles are


similar.

Theorem 41 If a line is parallel to a side of a triangle, and it


intersects the other two

sides, then it divides the two sides proportionally.

Theorem 42 If a line divides two sides of a triangle proportionally,


then it is parallel to
the third side.

Theorem 43 SAS Similarity: If an angle of one triangle is


congruent to an angle of

another triangle, and the lengths of the


corresponding sides including

these angles are proportional, then the triangles are


similar.

Theorem 44 SSS Similarity: If the sides of a triangle are


proportional to the

corresponding sides of another triangle, then the


triangles are similar.

Theorem 45 Corresponding medians of similar triangles are


proportional to

corresponding sides.

Theorem 46 Corresponding altitudes of similar triangles are


proportional to

corresponding sides.

Theorem 47 The bisector of an angle of a triangle divides the


opposite side into

segments proportional to the other sides of the


triangle.

Theorem 48 In a right triangle, the altitude to the hypotenuse


forms two triangles that

are similar to the original triangle, and that are


similar to each other.

Corollary 1 In a right triangle, the length of the altitude to the


hypotenuse is the

geometric mean of the lengths of the segments of


the hypotenuse that are
formed.
Corollary 2 If the altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right
triangle, then the

length of either leg is the geometric mean of the


length of the

hypotenuse, and the length of the segment of the


hypotenuse adjacent to

that leg.

Theorem 49 Pythagorean Theorem: In a right triangle, the sum of


the squares of the

lengths of the two legs equals the sum of the square


of the hypotenuse.

Theorem 50 If the sum of the squares of the lengths of two sides


of a triangle equals

the square of the third side, then the triangle is a


right triangle.

Theorem 51 In a 45 - 45 (isosceles) right triangle, the length of the


hypotenuse equals
__
the length of a leg times 2.

Theorem 52 In a 30 - 60 - 90 right triangle, the hypotenuse is twice as long as the leg

opposite the 30 degree angle, and the leg opposite the 60 degree angle is

__
3 times as long as the leg opposite the 30 degree angle.

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