GEOMETRY IN THE REAL

WORLD PROJECT
HAILEY POSTON

POINT
IT SHOWS A LOCATION AND HAS NO SIZE , NO WIDTH, NO LENGTH AND NO DEPTH. A POINT IS
SHOWN BY A DOT .

THIS DART BORED

IS A REAL LIFE EX.

THIS IS A GEOMETRY
EX.

LINE
A LINE IS A COLLECTION OF POINTS ALONG A STRAIGHT PATH THAT GOES ON
AND ON IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS , A LINE HAS NO ENDPOINTS .

GEOMETRY EXAMPLE

REAL LIFE EX.

PLANE
A FLAT, TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE THAT EXTENDS INFINITELY FAR. POINTS
LIE ON THE PLANE.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE.

REAL LIFE
EXAMPLE

SEGMENT
IS A PART OF A LINE THAT IS BOUNDED BY TWO DISTINCT END POINTS, AND
CONTAINS EVERY POINT ON THE LINE BETWEEN ITS ENDPOINTS.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE

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RAY
A PORTION OF A LINE WHICH STARTS AT A POINT AND GOES OFF IN A
PARTICULAR DIRECTION TO INFINITY.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE

COLLINEAR POINTS
IF THEY LIE ON A SINGLE STRAIGHT LINE . A LINE ON WHICH POINTS LIE,
ESPECIALLY IF IT IS RELATED TO A GEOMETRIC FIGURE SUCH AS A TRIANGLE,
IS SOMETIMES CALLED AN AXIS. TWO POINTS ARE TRIVIALLY COLLINEAR
SINCE TWO POINTS DETERMINE A LINE.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
BASKET BALL COURT
REAL LIFE EX.

ACUTE ANGLE
IS THE SMALL ANGLE WHICH IS LESS THAN 90. THE SMALLER ANGLE IS
CLASSIFIED AS AN ACUTE ANGLE.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE

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OBTUSE ANGLE
IT IS MORE THAN 90 AND LESS THAN 180.

GEOMETRY EXAMPLE

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EXAMPLE

RIGHT ANGLE
AN ANGLE THAT BISECTS THE ANGLE FORMED BY TWO ADJACENT PARTS OF A
STRAIGHT LINE. EQUALS 90 DEGREES.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE

REAL LIFE

PERPENDICULAR LINES
ARE TYPICALLY INDICATED WITH A SMALL SQUARE AT THE CORNER OF THE
90 DEGREE ANGLE, AS SHOWN HERE.
GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE

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COMPLEMENTARY ANGLES
TWO ANGLES WHOSE SUM IS 90.

GEOMETRY EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE

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SUPPLEMENTARY ANGLES
TWO ANGLES THAT THE SUM IS 180 DEGREES.

GEOMETRY EXAMPLE

REAL LIFE EXAMPLE

VERTICAL ANGLES
EACH OF THE PAIRS OF OPPOSITE ANGLES MADE BY TWO INTERSECTING
LINES.

GEOMETRY EXAMPLES
EXAMPLE

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