Basic Technical Mathematics, 11th Edition

2 Geometry

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completion of this chapter, the student should be able to:

• Identify perpendicular parallel lines

• Identify supplementary, complementary, vertical, corresponding angles

• Determine interior angles sides of various triangles

• Use the Pythagorean theorem

• Identify analyze different types of quadrilaterals polygons

• Identify analyze circles, arcs, interior angles of a circle

• Calculate area perimeter of a geometric shape

• Use an approximation method to estimate an irregular area

• Identify analyze three-dimensional geometric figures, including volume, surface area, dimensions

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