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What is the first step in constructing a congruent segment?

It is to label two points.Wrong answer! You need to draw a ray first, Here is the official Steps:Step one: Draw a Ray with endpoint CStep two: Use the Compass to measure the length of Point A and BStep three: Use the same compass setting, put the compass point on point C.Then draw an arc that intersects the ray. THEN Label the points of intersection D.


What is a line with a dot at one end and an arrow at the other end?

A line with a dot at one end and an arrow at the other end is called a ray in geometry. A ray has a starting point (the dot) and extends infinitely in one direction (towards the arrow). It is often denoted by naming the starting point and any other point on the ray, such as "ray AB" if A is the starting point and B is another point on the ray. Rays are commonly used in geometric constructions and proofs.


What is a portion of a line that extends from one point infinitely in one direction?

A Ray.


What is the geometric definition of a ray?

Strictly speaking, a "ray" is in the family of lines and line segments. A line is defined as a one-dimensional object of infinite length with no well-defined endpoints (since "infinity" isn't a well-defined value). It's the 1-D analogue to a plane or a space. A line segment is the finite equivalent of a line. A ray is a bit stranger: it's infinite in length, but has one well-defined end-point, where the ray originates. They show up a lot in classical optics because if nothing interrupts it, a light ray is created at some point and then continues forever.


A point on a line and all points of the line to one side of it?

ray

Related Questions

What is a line or ray that intersects a circle at exactly one point?

tangent


What is aline or ray that intersects a circle at exactly one point?

A tangent


How would the point where a ray intersects a three dimensional triangular plane be determined?

Presumably, the "three dimensional triangular plane" is actually a two dimensional plane which is "tilted" with respect to the axes. The point of intersection is simply the coordinates of the solution to the simultaneous equations for the line and the plane.


Is one side of a rectangular fish tank best represented by a point a line a plane or a ray?

Plane.


What point line ray or segment that intersects a segment at its midpoint called?

It is called a bisector.


What is a point of incidence?

The point of incidence is the point where the ray of incidence strikes the mirror.


What geometric object occupy one dimension Line Plane Ray Triangle Segment Point?

Line, Ray and segment


What type of segment from a point to a line or plane is the shortest segment from the point to the line or plane?

A ray


Does a ray separted a plane?

A ray does not separate a plane. In geometry, a ray is defined as a part of a line that starts at a point and extends infinitely in one direction. While a ray can divide a plane into two regions, it does not create a distinct separation like a line does, as it does not extend infinitely in both directions. Thus, the concept of separation is not applicable to a single ray in a plane.


Which of the following is not an undefined term a point a ray a line or a plane?

A ray is not an undefined term.


A line ray or segment that intersects two or more coplaner lines rays or sgments each at a different point?

Transversal


How do you sketch a ray that intersect a plane in one point?

Draw an arrow shooting through a flat piece of paper.