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In Chapter 1, you will apply the big ideas listed below and reviewed in the
Chapter Summary on page 59. You will also use the key vocabulary listed below.

Big Ideas
1 Describing geometric figures
2 Measuring geometric figures
3 Understanding equality and congruence
KEY VOCABULARY
congruent segments, p. 11

linear pair, p. 37

midpoint, p. 15

vertical angles, p. 37

defined terms, p. 3

segment bisector, p. 15

polygon, p. 42

line segment, endpoints,

p. 3

acute, right, obtuse,

straight angles, p. 25

convex, concave, p. 42

ray, opposite rays, p. 3

congruent angles, p. 26

postulate, axiom, p. 9

angle bisector, p. 28

equilateral, equiangular,
regular, p. 43

undefined terms, p. 2
point, line, plane

n-gon, p. 43

Why?
Geometric figures can be used to represent real-world situations. For
example, you can show a climbers position along a stretched rope by a point
on a line segment.

Geometry
The animation illustrated below for Exercise 35 on page 14 helps you answer
this question: How far must a climber descend to reach the bottom of a cliff?

!#ISFEETAND!"ISFEET(OWMUCHFARTHERMUSTTHECLIMBERDESCENDTOREACHTHE
BOTTOMOFTHECLIFF%NTERYOURANSWERINTHEBOXBELOWANDCLICKh#HECK!NSWERv
!

"

#
3TART

Your goal is to find the distance from a

climbers position to the bottom of a cliff.

$ISTANCETHECLIMBERHASTODESCENDFEET

#HECK!NSWER

Use the given information to enter a

distance. Then check your answer.

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Other animations for Chapter 1: pages 3, 21, 25, 43, and 52