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Geometry Postulates

The document outlines 29 postulates in geometry. Postulate 1 establishes the ruler postulate which defines how points on a line correspond to real numbers. Postulate 2 defines the segment addition postulate which relates the lengths of segments that share an interior point. Postulate 3 establishes the protractor postulate which defines how angles are measured in degrees between 0 and 180 degrees. Postulate 4 defines the angle addition postulate which states that the measure of an interior angle is equal to the sum of the measures of two adjacent angles formed.

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Geometry Postulates

The document outlines 29 postulates in geometry. Postulate 1 establishes the ruler postulate which defines how points on a line correspond to real numbers. Postulate 2 defines the segment addition postulate which relates the lengths of segments that share an interior point. Postulate 3 establishes the protractor postulate which defines how angles are measured in degrees between 0 and 180 degrees. Postulate 4 defines the angle addition postulate which states that the measure of an interior angle is equal to the sum of the measures of two adjacent angles formed.

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Geometry Postulates

Postulate 1: Ruler Postulate: the points on a line can be matched one to one with the real
numbers. The real number that corresponds to a point is the coordinate of that point. The distance
between points A and B, written as AB, is the absolute value of the different of the coordinates of
A and B.
Postulate 2: Segment Addition Postulate: If B is between A and C, then AB + BC = AC. If AB +
BC = AC, then B is between A and C.
Postulate 3: Protractor Postulate: Consider OB ´ and a point A on one side of OB
´ . The rays of the
form ⃗OA can be matched one to one with the real numbers from 0 to 180. The measure of AOB
is equal to the absolute value of the difference between the real numbers for ⃗
OA and ⃗O B.

Postulate 4: Angle Addition Postulate: If P is in the interior of RST, then the measure of RST
is equal to the sum of the measures of RSP and PST. If P is in the interior of RST, then
mRST = mRSP + mPST.

Point, Line, and Plane Postulates


Postulate 5: Through any two points there exists exactly one line.
Postulate 6: A line contains at least two points
Postulate 7: If two lines intersect, then their intersection is exactly one point.
Postulate 8: Through any three noncollinear points there exists exactly one plane.
Postulate 9: A plane contains at least three noncollinear points.
Postulate 10: If two points lie in a plane, then the line containing them lies in the plane.
Postulate 11: If two planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.

Postulate 12: Linear Pair Postulate: If two angles fomr a linear pair, then they are
supplementary. 1 and 2 form a linear pair, so 1 and 2 are supplementary and m1 + m2
= 180°
Postulate 13: Parallel Postulate: If there is a line and a point not on the line, then there is
exactly one line through the point parallel to the given line. There is exactly one line through P
parallel to l.
Postulate 14: Perpendicular Postulate: If there is a line an a point no on the line, then there is
exactly one line through the point perpendicular to the given line. There is exactly on line
through P perpendicular to l.
Postulate 15: Corresponding Angles Postulate: If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then
the pairs of corresponding angles are congruent.
Postulate 16: Corresponding Angles Converse: If two lines are cut by a transversal so the
corresponding angles are congruent, then the lines are parallel.
Postulate 17: Slopes of Parallel Lines: In a coordinate plane, two nonvertical lines are parallel if
and only if they have the same slope. Any two vertical lines are parallel.
Postulate 18: Slopes of Perpendicular Lines: In a coordinate plane, two nonvertical lines are
perpendicular if and only if the product of their slopes is -1. Horizontal lines are perpendicular to
vertical lines.
Postulate 19: Side-Side-Side (SSS) Congruence Postulate: If three sides of one triangle are
congruent to three sides of a second triangle, then the two triangles are congruent.
Postulate 20: Side-Angle-Side (SAS) Congruence Postulate: If two sides and the included angle
of one triangle are congruent to two sides and the included angle of a second triangle, then the
two triangles are congruent.
Postulate 21: Angle-Side-Angle (ASA) Congruence Postulate: If two angles and the included
side of on triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of a second triangle, then
the two triangles are congruent.
Postulate 22: Angle-Angle (AA) Similarity Postulate: If two angles of one triangle are congruent
to two angles of another triangle, then the two triangles are similar.
Postulate 23: Arc Addition Postulate: The measure of an arc formed by two adjacent arcs is the
sum of the measures of the two arcs.
Postulate 24: Area of a Square Postulate: The area of a square is the square of the length of its
side, or A = s2.
Postulate 25: Area Congruence Postulate: If two polygons are congruent, then they have the
same area.
Postulate 26: Area Addition Postulate: The area of a region is the sum of the areas of its
nonoverlapping parts.
Postulate 27: Volume of a Cube: The volume of a cube us the cube of the length of its side, or
V = s3
Postulate 28: Volume Congruence Postulate: If two polyhedral are congruent, then they have the
same volume.
Postulate 29: Volume Addition Postulate: The volume of a solid is the sum of the volumes of all
its nonoverlapping parts.

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