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Undefined
Defined Axioms/
Terms Terms Postulates
Terms which cannot
be precisely defined.
Terms have A statement which
is accepted as
a formal true without proof.
definition.
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• Postulates are statements that are

considered true and do not require any
proof.
• Postulates are sometimes refer as Axioms.
• Postulates or Axioms are considered the
starting point of reasoning.
• They are used to prove other statements
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AX I O M S / P O S T U L AT E S
Postulate 1

Postulate 2
Postulate 3

Postulate 4

Postulate 5

Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 1

P O S T U L AT E

a space contains
A line contains a plane contains at
at least four
at least two least three
noncoplanar
points noncollinear points
points.
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence
1 Postulate
Postulate 2
Postulate 3

Postulate 4

Postulate 5

Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 2

POSTULATE
DF
D F
Two points determine
exactly one line
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate 3

Postulate 4

Postulate 5

Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 3

POSTULATE
• Any three points lie in at least

• S • O one plane.
• Any three noncollinear points lie
in exactly one plane.
• T • Any three points are always
coplanar
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate Plane Postulate
3
Postulate 4

Postulate 5

Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 4

POSTULATE
M
If two points of a line
• O are in a plane, then
the line is in the plane.
• T
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate Plane Postulate
3
Postulate Flat-Plane Postulate
4
Postulate 5

Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 5
PLANE-INTERSECTION
POSTULATE

If two distinct planes

intersect, then their
intersection is a line
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate Plane Postulate
3
Postulate Flat-Plane Postulate
4
Postulate Plane-Intersection Postulate
5
Postulate 6
Postulate 7
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Postulate 6
SEGMENT ADDITION
POSTULATE

A B C
If points A, B and C are collinear and B is
between A and C then AB + BC = AC
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate Plane Postulate
3
Postulate Flat-Plane Postulate
4
Postulate Plane-Intersection Postulate
5
Postulate Segment Addition Postulate
6
Postulate 7
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ANG L E AD D I T I O N
Postulate 7

P O S T U L AT E
D If point G lies in the
interior of angle
G ∠DAF then
m∠DAG + m∠GAF= m∠DAF
A F
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AXIOMS/POSTULATES
Postulate Point-existence Postulate
1
Postulate Line Postulate
2
Postulate Plane Postulate
3
Postulate Flat-Plane Postulate
4
Postulate Plane-Intersection Postulate
5
Postulate Segment Addition Postulate
6
Postulate Angle Addition Postulate