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- Summary
- Explains the principles of plane geometry and includes practice exercises and model problems
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 4th ed..
- Extent
- v, 497 p.
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Geometry the easy way. 3rd ed. 1997
- Contents
-
- Preface
- 1. Building a geometry vocabulary
- The building blocks of geometry
- Definitions and postulates
- Inductive versus deductive reasoning
- The IF. . . THEN. . . sentence structure
- Review exercises for chapter 1
- 2. Measure and congruence
- Measuring segments and angles
- Betweenness of points and rays
- Congruence
- Midpoint and bisector
- Diagrams and drawing conclusions
- Properties of equality and congruence
- Additional properties of equality
- The two-column proof format
- Review exercises for chapter 2
- 3. Angle pairs and perpendicular lines
- Supplementary and complementary angle pairs
- Adjacent and vertical angle pairs
- Theorems relating to complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles
- Definitions and theorems relating to right angles and perpendiculars
- A word about the format of a proof
- Review exercises for chapter 3
- 4. Parallel lines
- Planes and lines
- Properties of parallel lines
- Converses and methods of proving lines parallel
- The parallel postulate
- Review exercises for chapter 4
- 5. Angles of a polygon
- The anatomy of a polygon
- Angles of a triangle
- Exterior angles of a triangle
- Angles of a polygon
- Review exercises for chapter 5
- 6. Proving triangles are congruent
- Correspondences and congruent triangles
- Proving triangles congruent : SSS, SAS, and ASA postulates
- Proving overlapping triangles congruent
- Proving triangles congruent : AAS and hy-leg methods
- When two triangles are NOT congruent
- Review exercises for chapter 6
- 7. Applying congruent triangles
- Using congruent triangles to prove segments and angles congruent
- Using congruent triangles to prove special properties of lines
- Classifying triangles and special segments
- The isosceles triangle
- Double congruence proofs
- Review exercises for chapter 7
- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 1-7
- 8. Geometric inequalities
- Some basic properties of inequalities
- Inequality relationships in a triangle
- The indirect method of proof
- Review exercises for chapter 8
- 9. Special quadrilaterals
- Classifying quadrilaterals
- Properties of a parallelogram
- Properties of special parallelograms
- Proving a quadrilateral is a parallelogram
- Applications of parallelograms
- Properties of a trapezoid
- Review exercises for chapter 9
- 10. Ratio, proportion, and similarity
- Ratio and proportion
- Proportions in a triangle
- When are polygons similar?
- Proving triangles similar
- Proving lengths of sides of similar triangles in proportion
- Proving products of segment lengths equal
- Review exercises for chapter 10
- 11. The right triangle
- Proportions in a right triangle
- The Pythagorean theorem
- Special right-triangle relationships
- Trigonometric ratios
- Indirect measurement in a right triangle
- Review exercises for chapter 11
- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 8-11
- 12. Circles and angle measurement
- The parts of a circle
- Arcs and central angles
- Diameters and chords
- Tangents and secants
- Angle measurement : vertex on the circle
- Angle measurement : vertex in the interior of the circle
- Angle measurement : vertex in the exterior of the circle
- Using angle-measurement theorems
- Review exercises for chapter 12
- 13. Chord, tangent, and secant segments
- Equidistant chords
- Tangents and circles
- Similar triangles and circles
- Tangent- and secant-segment relationships
- Circumference and arc length
- Review exercises for chapter 13
- 14. Area and volume
- Areas of a rectangle, square, and parallelogram
- Areas of a triangle and trapezoid
- Comparing areas
- Area of a regular polygon
- Areas of a circle, sector, and segment
- Geometric solids
- Review exercises for chapter 14
- 15. Coordinate geometry
- The coordinate plane
- Finding area using coordinates
- The midpoint and distance formulas
- Slope of a line
- Equation of a line
- Equation of a circle
- Proofs using coordinates
- Review exercises for chapter 15
- 16. Locus and constructions
- Describing points that fit one condition
- Describing points that fit more than one condition
- Locus and coordinates
- Basic constructions
- Review exercises for chapter 16
- 17. Transformation geometry
- Terms and notation
- Congruence transformations
- Classifying isometries
- Size transformations
- Types of symmetry
- Transformations in the coordinate plane
- Composing Transformations
- Review exercises for chapter 17
- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 12-17
- Some geometric relationships and formulas worth remembering
- Glossary
- Answers to chapter exercises
- Solutions to cumulative review exercises
- Isbn
- 9780764139185
- Label
- Barron's E-Z geometry
- Title
- Barron's E-Z geometry
- Statement of responsibility
- Lawrence S. Leff
- Title variation
-
- E-Z geometry
- Easy geometry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Explains the principles of plane geometry and includes practice exercises and model problems
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leff, Lawrence S
- Dewey number
- 516.22
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QA455
- LC item number
- .L35 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Leff, Lawrence S
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Geometry, Plane
- Label
- Barron's E-Z geometry, Lawrence S. Leff
- Link
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Geometry the easy way. 3rd ed. 1997
- Bar code
-
- 31223107040132
- 31223107040124
- 31223107040108
- 31223107040041
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- 1. Building a geometry vocabulary -- The building blocks of geometry -- Definitions and postulates -- Inductive versus deductive reasoning -- The IF. . . THEN. . . sentence structure -- Review exercises for chapter 1 -- 2. Measure and congruence -- Measuring segments and angles -- Betweenness of points and rays -- Congruence -- Midpoint and bisector -- Diagrams and drawing conclusions -- Properties of equality and congruence -- Additional properties of equality -- The two-column proof format -- Review exercises for chapter 2 -- 3. Angle pairs and perpendicular lines -- Supplementary and complementary angle pairs -- Adjacent and vertical angle pairs -- Theorems relating to complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles -- Definitions and theorems relating to right angles and perpendiculars -- A word about the format of a proof -- Review exercises for chapter 3 -- 4. Parallel lines -- Planes and lines -- Properties of parallel lines -- Converses and methods of proving lines parallel -- The parallel postulate -- Review exercises for chapter 4 -- 5. Angles of a polygon -- The anatomy of a polygon -- Angles of a triangle -- Exterior angles of a triangle -- Angles of a polygon -- Review exercises for chapter 5 -- 6. Proving triangles are congruent -- Correspondences and congruent triangles -- Proving triangles congruent : SSS, SAS, and ASA postulates -- Proving overlapping triangles congruent -- Proving triangles congruent : AAS and hy-leg methods -- When two triangles are NOT congruent -- Review exercises for chapter 6 -- 7. Applying congruent triangles -- Using congruent triangles to prove segments and angles congruent -- Using congruent triangles to prove special properties of lines -- Classifying triangles and special segments -- The isosceles triangle -- Double congruence proofs -- Review exercises for chapter 7 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 1-7 -- 8. Geometric inequalities -- Some basic properties of inequalities -- Inequality relationships in a triangle -- The indirect method of proof -- Review exercises for chapter 8 -- 9. Special quadrilaterals -- Classifying quadrilaterals -- Properties of a parallelogram -- Properties of special parallelograms -- Proving a quadrilateral is a parallelogram -- Applications of parallelograms -- Properties of a trapezoid -- Review exercises for chapter 9 -- 10. Ratio, proportion, and similarity -- Ratio and proportion -- Proportions in a triangle -- When are polygons similar? -- Proving triangles similar -- Proving lengths of sides of similar triangles in proportion -- Proving products of segment lengths equal -- Review exercises for chapter 10 -- 11. The right triangle -- Proportions in a right triangle -- The Pythagorean theorem -- Special right-triangle relationships -- Trigonometric ratios -- Indirect measurement in a right triangle -- Review exercises for chapter 11 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 8-11 -- 12. Circles and angle measurement -- The parts of a circle -- Arcs and central angles -- Diameters and chords -- Tangents and secants -- Angle measurement : vertex on the circle -- Angle measurement : vertex in the interior of the circle -- Angle measurement : vertex in the exterior of the circle -- Using angle-measurement theorems -- Review exercises for chapter 12 -- 13. Chord, tangent, and secant segments -- Equidistant chords -- Tangents and circles -- Similar triangles and circles -- Tangent- and secant-segment relationships -- Circumference and arc length -- Review exercises for chapter 13 -- 14. Area and volume -- Areas of a rectangle, square, and parallelogram -- Areas of a triangle and trapezoid -- Comparing areas -- Area of a regular polygon -- Areas of a circle, sector, and segment -- Geometric solids -- Review exercises for chapter 14 -- 15. Coordinate geometry -- The coordinate plane -- Finding area using coordinates -- The midpoint and distance formulas -- Slope of a line -- Equation of a line -- Equation of a circle -- Proofs using coordinates -- Review exercises for chapter 15 -- 16. Locus and constructions -- Describing points that fit one condition -- Describing points that fit more than one condition -- Locus and coordinates -- Basic constructions -- Review exercises for chapter 16 -- 17. Transformation geometry -- Terms and notation -- Congruence transformations -- Classifying isometries -- Size transformations -- Types of symmetry -- Transformations in the coordinate plane -- Composing Transformations -- Review exercises for chapter 17 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 12-17 -- Some geometric relationships and formulas worth remembering -- Glossary -- Answers to chapter exercises -- Solutions to cumulative review exercises
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- 4th ed..
- Extent
- v, 497 p.
- Isbn
- 9780764139185
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008045718
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-copy20140421-153
- System control number
-
- 263147042
- (OCoLC)263147042
- Label
- Barron's E-Z geometry, Lawrence S. Leff
- Link
- Note
- Rev. ed. of: Geometry the easy way. 3rd ed. 1997
- Bar code
-
- 31223107040132
- 31223107040124
- 31223107040108
- 31223107040041
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- 1. Building a geometry vocabulary -- The building blocks of geometry -- Definitions and postulates -- Inductive versus deductive reasoning -- The IF. . . THEN. . . sentence structure -- Review exercises for chapter 1 -- 2. Measure and congruence -- Measuring segments and angles -- Betweenness of points and rays -- Congruence -- Midpoint and bisector -- Diagrams and drawing conclusions -- Properties of equality and congruence -- Additional properties of equality -- The two-column proof format -- Review exercises for chapter 2 -- 3. Angle pairs and perpendicular lines -- Supplementary and complementary angle pairs -- Adjacent and vertical angle pairs -- Theorems relating to complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles -- Definitions and theorems relating to right angles and perpendiculars -- A word about the format of a proof -- Review exercises for chapter 3 -- 4. Parallel lines -- Planes and lines -- Properties of parallel lines -- Converses and methods of proving lines parallel -- The parallel postulate -- Review exercises for chapter 4 -- 5. Angles of a polygon -- The anatomy of a polygon -- Angles of a triangle -- Exterior angles of a triangle -- Angles of a polygon -- Review exercises for chapter 5 -- 6. Proving triangles are congruent -- Correspondences and congruent triangles -- Proving triangles congruent : SSS, SAS, and ASA postulates -- Proving overlapping triangles congruent -- Proving triangles congruent : AAS and hy-leg methods -- When two triangles are NOT congruent -- Review exercises for chapter 6 -- 7. Applying congruent triangles -- Using congruent triangles to prove segments and angles congruent -- Using congruent triangles to prove special properties of lines -- Classifying triangles and special segments -- The isosceles triangle -- Double congruence proofs -- Review exercises for chapter 7 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 1-7 -- 8. Geometric inequalities -- Some basic properties of inequalities -- Inequality relationships in a triangle -- The indirect method of proof -- Review exercises for chapter 8 -- 9. Special quadrilaterals -- Classifying quadrilaterals -- Properties of a parallelogram -- Properties of special parallelograms -- Proving a quadrilateral is a parallelogram -- Applications of parallelograms -- Properties of a trapezoid -- Review exercises for chapter 9 -- 10. Ratio, proportion, and similarity -- Ratio and proportion -- Proportions in a triangle -- When are polygons similar? -- Proving triangles similar -- Proving lengths of sides of similar triangles in proportion -- Proving products of segment lengths equal -- Review exercises for chapter 10 -- 11. The right triangle -- Proportions in a right triangle -- The Pythagorean theorem -- Special right-triangle relationships -- Trigonometric ratios -- Indirect measurement in a right triangle -- Review exercises for chapter 11 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 8-11 -- 12. Circles and angle measurement -- The parts of a circle -- Arcs and central angles -- Diameters and chords -- Tangents and secants -- Angle measurement : vertex on the circle -- Angle measurement : vertex in the interior of the circle -- Angle measurement : vertex in the exterior of the circle -- Using angle-measurement theorems -- Review exercises for chapter 12 -- 13. Chord, tangent, and secant segments -- Equidistant chords -- Tangents and circles -- Similar triangles and circles -- Tangent- and secant-segment relationships -- Circumference and arc length -- Review exercises for chapter 13 -- 14. Area and volume -- Areas of a rectangle, square, and parallelogram -- Areas of a triangle and trapezoid -- Comparing areas -- Area of a regular polygon -- Areas of a circle, sector, and segment -- Geometric solids -- Review exercises for chapter 14 -- 15. Coordinate geometry -- The coordinate plane -- Finding area using coordinates -- The midpoint and distance formulas -- Slope of a line -- Equation of a line -- Equation of a circle -- Proofs using coordinates -- Review exercises for chapter 15 -- 16. Locus and constructions -- Describing points that fit one condition -- Describing points that fit more than one condition -- Locus and coordinates -- Basic constructions -- Review exercises for chapter 16 -- 17. Transformation geometry -- Terms and notation -- Congruence transformations -- Classifying isometries -- Size transformations -- Types of symmetry -- Transformations in the coordinate plane -- Composing Transformations -- Review exercises for chapter 17 -- Cumulative review exercises : chapters 12-17 -- Some geometric relationships and formulas worth remembering -- Glossary -- Answers to chapter exercises -- Solutions to cumulative review exercises
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- 4th ed..
- Extent
- v, 497 p.
- Isbn
- 9780764139185
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008045718
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- col. ill.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- bro-copy20140421-153
- System control number
-
- 263147042
- (OCoLC)263147042
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