Thursday, October 18, 2012

Non-Congruent Alternate Interior Angles

Non-Congruent Alternate Interior Angles


Alternate interior angles are two angles that are formed by two lines and a transversal and lie between the two lines and on opposite lines of the transversal. The object shown is a railroad that undergoes two bridges. The alternate interior angles highlighted are not congruent angles because the bridges are not parallel. Bridges are used for the transportation of goods over bodies of water and as a path across a body of water. Bridges are used by people as an easier route for transportation over a body of water. Bridges are part of the metal fabrication industry. A bridge is built out of a metal structure produced by metal fabrication industries.

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Segment Bisector

Segment Bisector

A segment bisector is a point, line, segment or plane that intersects a segment at its midpoint. The object shown is a laptop. The highlighted lines represent an angle bisector because an angle bisector is a line that goes through the middle of a segment. A computer is used people everywhere. They can be used by software developers to develop new software, students to do research, business people for financial spreadsheets,etc.

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Skew Lines

Skew Lines

Skew lines are lines that do not intersect and are not coplanar. The object shown is a piano. The two highlighted lines represent two lines that are not parallel that will not intersect because the line between the piano keys is above the line going perpendicular to the line between the piano keys.Because lines are only two dimensional, they do not have any depth. If a two dimensional line is above another line, they will not intersect.  Pianos have been named as a piece of household furniture.They are used by pianists of all ages. 

Supplementary Angles that are not a Linear Pair

Supplementary Angles that are not a Linear Pair



Supplementary angles are two angles whose measures have a sum of 180 degrees. The object shown is a radio tower. The cross bracing on the radio tower represent angles. One angle highlighted is an obtuse angle, while the other is an acute angle.Though that they do not form a linear pair, they are still supplementary angles because their angle measures add up to 180 degrees. A radio tower is part of the broadcasting industry and it is used by the broadcasting industry to send out radio signals to radios in a certain radius. 

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Adjacent Non-Supplementary Angles

Adjacent Non-Supplementary Angles

Adjacent angles are two angles that share vertex and side, but have no common interior points.The object shown is a structural support piece. The angles shown are adjacent non-supplementary angles because the two angles share a common side and vertex, but do not add up to 180 degrees. Structural support pieces are used by construction workers to build the structures of buildings. This structural support piece is built in by the metal fabricator to provide additional stiffness to the support.

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Vertical Angles

Vertical Angles

Vertical angles are two angles whose sides form two pairs of opposite rays.The object shown is an oil tank. The cross bracing on the oil tank contain two sets of vertical angles because two angles both form a linear pair with the same angle. Oil tanks are used by the oil industry. The oil industry uses them to store oil. 

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Angle Bisector

Angle Bisector

An angle bisector is a ray that divides an angle into two angles that are congruent. The object shown is a dart board. Between the 2 and 15 sections is an angle. The angle is being bisected by a line going through the middle of that angle. People use dart boards to play darts, which is game where you try to have the dart hit the bullseye in the middle of the dartboard. 

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Congruent Acute or Obtuse Angles

Congruent  Acute or Obtuse Angles


Congruent angles are angles that have the same measure. This object shown is an air duct. The two angles that are shown are two congruent acute angles. An air duct is used by people to transport conditioned air to any room in a house or building where it is needed. An air duct is from the metal fabrication industry. An air duct is used by the metal fabrication industry to sell it to heating and air conditioning contractors.

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Line perpendicular to a plane

Line Perpendicular to a plane


A line perpendicular to a plane is a line that intersects the plane in a point and is perpendicular to every line in the plane that intersects that point. The object in this image is a table with an umbrella. The umbrella's pole represents the perpendicular line that is going through the table, which represents the plane. The table and umbrella are used by people to eat outside without the sun getting in the way. 

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Three or more coplanar parallel lines

Three or more coplanar parallel lines



Coplanar lines are lines that line in the same plane.This football field contains more than three coplanar parallel lines. The yard lines across the field represent coplanar parallel lines. Football players use these in the real world. Examples of how the yard lines are used is that they measure the distance that the football travels on downs and also mark how far the player is from the end zone. 

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