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Explain why a line segment is considered a defined term in geometry?
A point is an undefined term. But given two points, they can be joined using a line segment.
What are figures that could be formed using undefined terms?
All geometric figures.
Why can't all linear equations be written using point slope?
Because of undefined slope, because undefined slope does not have a slope it doesn't have anything to substitute for m in the point slope equation.
Why line point and plan exist will in fact they are undefined?
They are undefined because they can't be described without using words that are themselves undefined. For example a point has no dimensions. It is a location, or position. But if you describe it that way you have to define location or position. You can't define backwards infinitely, so we accept the meanings of these things as intuitively clear without definitions because they are the building blocks of geometry and are needed to define much more complex terms.
What is the equation of a horizontal and a vertical line using standard slope form?
We usually denote the slope of a line as M. Horizontal lines have a slope of zero. Mhorizontal line = 0 Verticle lines have a slope that is undefined. Note that the slope is not infinite, but is undefined. Mvertical line = undefined To write the equation of a horizontal or vertical line, we need to know if it's going to be a slope-intercept form or a point-slope form.
