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Euclids Geometry

Euclid's geometry is based on five postulates: 1. A straight line may be drawn between any two points. 2. A line segment can be extended indefinitely in either direction to form a line. 3. A circle can be drawn with any center and radius. 4. All right angles are equal. 5. If a line crosses two other lines such that the interior angles on the same side sum to less than two right angles, the two lines will intersect on that side.

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Euclids Geometry

Euclid's geometry is based on five postulates: 1. A straight line may be drawn between any two points. 2. A line segment can be extended indefinitely in either direction to form a line. 3. A circle can be drawn with any center and radius. 4. All right angles are equal. 5. If a line crosses two other lines such that the interior angles on the same side sum to less than two right angles, the two lines will intersect on that side.

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EUCLID’S GEOMETRY :

POSTULATES
Neelanjana and Shri Manya
Grade – 9 A
WHAT ARE POSTULATES?
• Postulates are statements that are assumed to be true without proof.
• Postulates serve two purposes –

 To explain undefined terms


 Serve as a starting point for proving other statements.
EUCLID’S POSTULATE 1:
 A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.

This postulate states that at least one straight line passes through two distinct points but he did
not mention that there cannot be more than one such line. Although throughout his work he
has assumed there exists only a unique line passing through two points.
EUCLID’S POSTULATE 2
 “A terminated line can be further produced indefinitely.”

In simple words what we call a line segment was defined as a terminated line by Euclid.
Therefore this postulate means that we can extend a terminated line or a line segment in either
direction to form a line. In the figure given below, the line segment AB can be extended as
shown to form a line.
EUCLID’S POSTULATE 3
 A circle can be drawn with any centre and any radius

For any line segment, a circle can be drawn with its centre at one endpoint and the radius of the circle
as the length of the line segment.

By taking the radius as the length of AB, a


Circle can be drawn taking point A as centre
Similarly, a circle can be drawn with any
radius and any centre.
.
EUCLID’S POSTULATE 4
 All right angles are equal to one another.

If two legs of a right-angled triangle are equal to two legs of another right-angled triangle, then
the right triangles are congruent.
EUCLID’S POSTULATE 5
 If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side of it
taken together less than two right angles, then the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely,
meet on that side on which the sum of angles is less than two right angles.

 if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less
than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on
which are the angles less than the two right angles.
SUMMARY
Postulate 1: A straight line may be drawn from any one point to any other point.
Postulate 2 : A terminated line can be produced indefinitely.
Postulate 3 : A circle can be drawn with any centre and any radius.
Postulate 4 : All right angles are equal to one another.
 Postulate 5 : If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the
same side of it taken together less than two right angles, then the two straight lines, if
produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the sum of angles is less than two right
angles
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