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A₁ A₁B₁ abscissa algebraic alternate interior angles altitude Analysis angle ABC angles are equal apothem b₁ bisect C₁ called central angles chord circle whose center circumference congruent triangles Construct a triangle coördinates Corollary corresponding sides Definition diagonal diameter distance divide equal angles equal circles equal respectively equilateral triangle Exercise exterior angles figure find the length geometry given line given point greater hypotenuse inches inscribed angle isosceles triangle Let the student line is drawn line-segment lines are cut locus measure mid-points number of degrees number of sides number of units parallel lines parallelogram pencil of lines perigon perimeter perpendicular bisector point equidistant Problem Pythagorean theorem quadrilateral radians radii radius ratio rectangle regular polygon right angle right triangle secants segments similar triangles straight angle straight line subtended tangent Theorem VII third side transversal trapezoid triangle ABC unequal vertex vertices
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