{"id":184,"date":"2021-08-25T23:33:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T23:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:03:05","slug":"geometry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/geometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Geometry Definitions and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Given<\/em><\/strong> means that a step is true because if was &#8220;Given&#8221; in the problem statement.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Definition of congruent triangles:<\/em><\/strong> Congruent triangles are triangles whose corresponding sides and angles are congruent.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Definition of bisects a line segment:<\/em><\/strong> Saying that a point bisects a line segment means that the point divides the line segment into two congruent line segments.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Definition of bisects an angle:<\/em><\/strong> Saying that a line bisects an angle means that the line divides the angle into two congruent angles.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Definition of perpendicular lines:<\/em><\/strong> Perpendicular lines are lines that intersect and make adjacent angles congruent at their intersection.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Things are congruent to themselves<\/em><\/strong> means that anything is congruent to itself.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Side-angle-side<\/em><\/strong> means that if two triangles have two corresponding sides congruent, and the angles contained by these corresponding sides are congruent, then the triangles are congruent.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Angle-side-angle<\/em><\/strong> means that if two triangles have two corresponding angles congruent, and the sides contained by these corresponding angles are congruent, then the triangles are congruent.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><em>Side-side-side<\/em><\/strong> means that if two triangles have all three corresponding sides congruent, then the triangles are congruent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given means that a step is true because if was &#8220;Given&#8221; in the problem statement. Definition of congruent triangles: Congruent triangles are triangles whose corresponding sides and angles are congruent. Definition of bisects a line segment: Saying that a point bisects a line segment means that the point divides the line segment into two congruent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/geometry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geometry Definitions and Facts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/~braithwaite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}