Texas Math Models

Points, lines and rays

4.6A, said plainly

G4

Four things to name before you can talk about an angle.Apointlineline segmentraya ray has ONE endpoint; two of them make an angleparallelnever meetperpendicularmeet at a right angleboth describe a PAIR of lines, never one on its owna line runs on forever; a segment stops at both ends; a ray stops at one

How this one works

How

a line goes on forever, a segment stops at both ends, a ray stops at one.

Best when

a question uses one of these words and you need to be sure which.

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