geometry_20150709194448 Flashcards

(49 cards)

1
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What do triangle proportion allow you to find?

A

missing sides or angles

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2
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When the lines are parallel the sides are…

A

proportional

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3
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When the sides are proportional the lines are…

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parallel

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4
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If two figures are similar and their perimeter ratio is 2/4 what is their area ratio?

A

4/16

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5
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What is a scale drawing?

A

a drawing that is smaller/larger than the objects real size

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6
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In a triangle, what do parallel lines create?

A

equal proportion

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7
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What is a dilation?

A

transformation that changes an object’s size but not its shape

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8
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What is a scale factor?

A

description of how much the figure has enlarged or reduced

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9
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How could you find a triangle side on the coordinate plane

A

distance formula

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10
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Which postulates prove similarity?

A

SSS or SAS

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11
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What is the distance formula?

A

square root of (x2-x1)squared + (y2-y1) squared

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12
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What is the pythagorean theorem?

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a2+b2=c2

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13
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What happens if a + b are less than c?

A

it does not form a triangle

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14
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What are the two special right triangle?

A

45/45/90 and 30/60/90

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15
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What are the sides of the 45/45/90?

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1, 1, radical 2 (hypotenuse)

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16
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What are the sides of the 30/60/90?

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1 (across from 30 degree angle), 2 (hypotenuse)m and radical 3 (across from 60 degree angle)

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17
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What are some of the pythagorean triples?

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(3,4,5)(5,12,13)(7,24,25)(8,15,17)

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18
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What is cosine?

A

adjacent leg/ hypotenuse

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19
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What is tangent?

A

opposite leg/adjacent

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20
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What are trigonometric ratios used for?

A

finding missing parts of right triangles

21
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What do you do if you want to find the angle of a right triangle?

A

inverse of a trigonometric ratio

22
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What do you use for non right triangle?

23
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What is sine?

A

opposite leg/ hypotenuse

24
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How do you find the surface area of triangles?

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How do you find the surface area of a circle?
pie x (radius) square
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What is a net?
diagram of the surfaces pf a 3-D shape
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What is a cross section?
cutting a 3-D figure and seeing what shape it forms
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What is a face?
a flat surface
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What is a vertex (in 3-D shapes)?
point on which three or more faces intersect
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How do you find the volume of prisms and cylinders?
bh
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How do you find the volume of pyramids and cones?
bh/3
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How do you find the volume of a sphere?
4(pie) (radius) squares
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How do you find the surface area of squares, rectangles, and parallelograms?
bh
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What is an element?
member of a set
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What is a subset?
set made of elements from another set
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What is an intersection?
set of all elements AND another set (overlap)
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What is a union?
set made from all elements in one OR another set OR both
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What is a complement?
set made up of all elements not in a set
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What is a null set/ empty set?
set with no elements
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What is random?
no pattern for one occurrence but a definite fraction over large number
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What does theoretical mean?
probability based on how things are expected
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What is an outcome?
anything that occurs within the limits if what is being measured
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What is a sample space?
set of all possible outcomes
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What is an event?
subset of the sample space
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How do you solve for a AND b in probability?
a x b
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How do you solve for a OR b in probability?
a + b
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What is mutually exclusive?
no intersection
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What is non mutually exclusive?
intersection
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What is a set?
any group of items