Beat the Computer!

Geometry
Vocabulary
for
Unit 4

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 Directions:
•A slide will appear with a term
•Say the definition aloud before
the computer can answer (5 sec.)
•You will hear a sound when the
slide changes

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congruent
polygons

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pg. 180

congruent polygons:
are polygons with congruent
corresponding parts - their
matching sides and angles
B Y

A X
C Z
D W
Polygon ABCD  Polygon XYZW
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 SSS
Side-Side-Side Postulate

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pg. 187

SSS
If three sides of one triangle
are congruent to three sides
of another triangle, then the
two triangles are congruent.
H Q

G P
F R
 GHF   PQR
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 SAS
Side-Angle-Side Postulate

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pg. 188
SAS
If two sides and included angle of
one triangle are congruent to two
sides and included angle of
another triangle, then the two
triangles are congruent.
B D

C F
A E
 BCA   FDE
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 ASA
Angle-Side-Angle Postulate

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 ASA
pg. 195

If two angles and included side of

one triangle are congruent to two
sides and included angle of
another triangle, then the two
triangles are congruent.
B P

G K
H N
 HGB   NKP
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 AAS
Angle-Angle-Side Postulate

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pg. 195
AAS
If two angles and nonincluded
side of one triangle are congruent
to two angles and nonincluded
side of another triangle, then the
two triangles are congruent.
C T

D G
M X
 CDM   TGX
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CPCTC

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pg. 203

CPCTC:
corresponding parts of
congruent triangles are
congruent

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legs of an
isosceles
triangle
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pg. 211

legs of an isosceles triangle:

the congruent sides of an
isosceles triangle

Legs
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base of an
isosceles
triangle
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pg211

base of an isosceles triangle:

the side of an isosceles
triangle that is not congruent
to either of the other sides

Base

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vertex angle of
an isosceles
triangle
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pg. 211

vertex angle of an isosceles

triangle:
the angle formed by the two
congruent sides of an
isosceles triangle
Vertex Angle

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base angles of
an isosceles
triangle
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pg. 211

base angles of an isosceles

triangle:
the angles opposite the
congruent sides of an
isosceles triangle

Base Angles
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corollary

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pg. 212

corollary:
a statement that follows
immediately from a
theorem

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hypotenuse of a
right triangle

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pg. 217

hypotenuse of a right
triangle:
the side opposite the right
angle
Hypotenuse

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legs of a right
triangle

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pg. 217

legs of a right triangle:

the sides that are not
opposite the right angle

Legs

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