things to remember for geometry regents

sum of interior angles of a polygon

180(n-2) (n being the number of sides)

each interior angle of a regular polygon.

180(n-2)/n (n being the number of sides)

sum of exterior angles of a polygon

360

each exterior angle of a regular polygon

360/n (n being the number of sides)

scalene triangle

no congruent sides

isosceles triangle

2 congruent sides

equaliteral triangle

3 congruent sides

actue angle

angles < 90

right angle

an angle that measures 90 degrees

obtuse angle

angle > 90

equiangular angle

3 congruent angles (60)

triangles

180 degrees

exterior angle theorem

the exterior angle is equal to the sum of the two non-adjacent interior angles

midsegment

a segment connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, 1/2 the length of the third side, spilts the triangle into 2 similar triangles, always parallel to the third side

slope-intercept form of a line

y=mx+b (m is the slope, b is the y intercept point)

point slope form of a line

y - y1 = m (x - x1); where (x1, y1) is a point on the line

slope formula

y2 - y1/x2 - x1

positive slope

rises from left to right

negative slope

falls from left to right

zero slope (slope of 0)

horizontal line

no slope/undefined

vertical line

slope of parallel lines

same slope

slope of perpendicular lines

opposite reciprocal (flip the fraction and change the sign)

collinear points

points that lie on the same line

midpoint formula

(x1 + x2/2, y1 + y2/2)

distance formula

d = √( x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²

triangle inequality theorem

the sum of 2 sides must be greater than the third side, the difference of 2 sides must be less than the third side, the longest side of the triangle is opposite to the largest angle, the shortest side of the triangle is opposite to the smallest angle

isosceles triangle

2 congruent sides and 2 congruent angles, the altitude drawn from the vertex is also the median and angle bisector, if 2 sides of a triangle are congruent then the angles opposite

alternate interior angles

interior angles that lie on opposite sides of the transversal; congruent

corresponding angles

angles in the same place on different lines; congruent

alternate exterior angles

angles that lie outside a pair of lines and on opposite sides of a transversal; congruent

same-side interior angles

interior angles on the same side of the transversal; supplementary

congruent angles

having the same measure

supplementary angles

2 angles whose sum is 180 degrees

side-splitter theorem

if a line is parallel to a side of a triangle and intersects the other sides, then this line divides those 2 sides proportional