POSTULATE

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- Illustrate a postulate
- Identify the postulate applied in a
given situation
- Justify a given statement by a
postulate

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 THE AXIOMATIC SYSTEM (POSTULATE
SYSTEM)
- It is a system made up of undefined terms, defined terms,
axioms/postulates, and theorems which are used in proving logical
conclusions in geometry.
UNDEFINED TERMS

DEFINED TERMS

AXIOMS/POSTULATES
PROOF

THEOREM 3
 AXIOMS/POSTULATE
Are statements accepted to be true without
proof.
POSTULATE – are statements from
Geometry.
AXIOMS –are statements from other
sections of Mathematics.
POSTULATE
LINE POSTULATE
PLANE POSTULATE

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ANGLE ADDITION POSTULATE
 AXIOMS/POSTULATE
AXIOMS

PROPERTIES OF EQUALITIES

PROPERTIES OF CONGRUENCE

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
LINE POSTULATE
 For every two points, there is exactly one line that
contains both points.
R S

Example Situation:
Two men holding a
rope.

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
SEGMENT ADDITION POSTULATE
 If B is between A and C, then
4 cm 2cm
A B C

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
PLANE POSTULATE
 Any three points lie in at least one plane.
 Any noncollinear points lie in exactly one plane.
 Any three points are always coplanar.
 Noncollinear points A,B,C lie on plane D only.
D
B
A C

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
FLAT - PLANE POSTULATE
 If two points of a line lie in a plane, then the line lies in the same
plane.
 Points A and B lie in plane D. Therefore also lie on
plane D.
D

B
A

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
PLANE – INTERSECTION POSTULATE
 If two different plane intersect, then their intersection is a line.
 Plane D and Plane E intersect in

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
ANGLE ADDITION POSTULATE

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 BASIC POSTULATE IN GEOMETRY
RIGHT ANGLE POSTULATE

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 STATE THE POSTULATE THAT JUSTIFY
EACH STATEMENT
ANGLE ADDITION
If ∠KOI and ∠MOI are adjacent angles, then
________1.
POSTULATE
m∠KOI + m∠MOI = m∠MOK
RIGHT ANGLE
If ∠ABC and ∠DEF are both right angles, then
_______ 2.
POSTULATE
∠ABC
_____. ∠ DEF
FLAT –PLANE
POSTULATE 3.
________ If points X and Y are in plane Z, thus is in plane
Z.
 COMPLETE EACH IF–THEN STATEMENT AND USE
“POSTULATE “ TO GIVE THE REASON IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.
 COMPLETE EACH IF–THEN STATEMENT AND USE
“POSTULATE “ TO GIVE THE REASON IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.
RIGHT ANGLE
POSTULATE

ANGLE ADDITION
POSTULATE

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SEGMENT ADDITION
POSTULATE 𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝒀
PLANE POSTULATE
 COMPLETE EACH IF–THEN STATEMENT AND USE
“POSTULATE “ TO GIVE THE REASON IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.
RIGHT ANGLE
POSTULATE

ANGLE ADDITION
POSTULATE

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SEGMENT ADDITION
POSTULATE 𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝒀
PLANE POSTULATE
 COMPLETE EACH IF–THEN STATEMENT AND USE
“POSTULATE “ TO GIVE THE REASON IN ORDER TO
JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWER.

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