Exploring Segment Proofs in Geometry

The video tutorial covers segment proofs, starting with an introduction to properties of equality and congruence. It explains the reflexive, symmetric, and transitive properties of congruence, highlighting their importance in understanding segment proofs. The tutorial also defines congruence and midpoint, emphasizing their applications in geometry. Finally, it discusses the segment addition postulate, explaining its role in combining line segments to form larger segments.

What is the next step in understanding proofs after multi-step equations?

• Triangle proofs

• Angle proofs

• Segment proofs

• Single-step equations

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Which symbol is used to denote properties of equality?

• Equal sign

• Congruent symbol

• Approximation sign

• Inequality sign

What do properties of congruence deal with?

• Numbers

• Distances

• Measures

• Figures and objects

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

What does the reflexive property of congruence state?

• Things are less than themselves

• Things are equal to themselves

• Things are congruent to themselves

• Things are greater than themselves

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

What is the difference between AB and AB with a line segment over it?

• Both are things

• Both are numbers

• AB is a thing, AB with a line segment is a number

• AB is a number, AB with a line segment is a thing

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What does the symmetric property of congruence allow you to do?

• Multiply segments

• Flip-flop segments

• Add segments

• Subtract segments

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

If AB is congruent to CD and CD is congruent to EF, what can we conclude?

• AB is not congruent to EF

• AB is greater than EF

• AB is equal to EF

• AB is congruent to EF

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

What does the definition of congruence imply if AB and CD are congruent?

• Their lengths are different

• Their lengths are equal

• Their lengths are unknown

• Their lengths are greater than each other

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

What is a midpoint?

• A point that splits a line segment into two equal parts

• A point that is not on the line segment

• A point at the end of a line segment

• A point outside a line segment

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

What does the segment addition postulate state?

• The sum of two line segments is greater than the combined segment

• The sum of two line segments is equal to the combined segment

• The sum of two line segments is equal to the larger segment

• The sum of two line segments is less than the larger segment