Two lines are parallel lines if they

Parallel Lines
are coplanar and do not intersect.

Lines that are not coplanar and do

Skew Lines
not intersect are called skew lines.

Two planes that do not intersect are

Parallel Planes
called parallel planes.

The symbol || is read as “is parallel

|| to.”

If there is a line and a point not on

the line, then there is exactly one
Parallel Postulate
line through the point parallel to the
given line.

If there is a line and a point not on

the line, then there is exactly one
Perpendicular Postulate
line through the point perpendicular
to the given line.
 A transversal is a line that intersects
Transversal two or more coplanar lines at
different points.

Two angles are corresponding

Corresponding Angles angles if they occupy corresponding
angles.

Two angles are alternate exterior

angles if they lie outside the two
Alternate Exterior Angles
lines on opposite sides of the
transversal.

Two angles are alternate interior

angles if they lie between the two
Alternate Interior Angles
lines on opposite sides of the
transversal.

Two angles are consecutive interior

angles if they lie between the two
lines on the same side of the
Consecutive Interior Angles
transversal. Consecutive interior
angles are sometimes called same
side interior angles.

If two lines intersect to form a linear

pair of congruent angles, then the
lines are perpendicular. If two sides
Perpendicular Line Theorems of two adjacent angles are
perpendicular, then the angles are
complementary. If two lines are
perpendicular, then they intersect to
form four right angles.
 form four right angles.

If two parallel lines are cut by a

Corresponding Angles Postulate transversal, then the pairs of
corresponding angles are congruent.

If two parallel lines are cut by a

transversal, then the pairs of
Parallel Line Theorems: If two alternate interior angles are
parallel lines are cut by a congruent, the pairs of consecutive
transversal then…? interior angles are supplementary,
and the pairs of alternate exterior
angles are congruent.

Parallel Line Theorems: If a If a transversal is perpendicular to

transversal is perpendicular to one of two parallel lines, then it is
one of two parallel lines then… perpendicular to the other.

If two lines are cut by a transversal

so that corresponding angles are
Corresponding Angles Converse
congruent, then the lines are
parallel.

Transversal Theorems: If two If two lines are cut by a transversal

lines are cut by a transversal so so that alternate interior angles are
that alternate interior angles are congruent, then the lines are
congruent, then…? parallel.
 Transversal Theorems: If two If two lines are cut by a transversal
lines are cut by a transversal so so that consecutive interior angles
that consecutive interior angles are supplementary, then the lines
are supplementary, then…? are parallel.

Transversal Theorems: If two If two lines are cut by a transversal

lines are cut by a transversal so so that alternate exterior angles are
that alternate exterior angles congruent, then the lines are
are congruent, then…? parallel.

If two lines are parallel to the same

line, then they are parallel to each
Parallel and Perpendicular Line other.
Theorems In a plane, if two lines are
perpendicular to the same line, then
they are parallel to each other.

Slope = Rise/Run
The Slope of a Line
m= (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

In a coordinate plane, two In a coordinate plane, two

nonvertical lines are parallel if nonvertical lines are parallel if and
and only if…? only if they have the same slope.

Any two vertical lines are…? Any two vertical lines are parallel.
 y = mx + b,
The Slope Intercept Form of a
where m is the slope
Line Equation
and b is the y-intercept value.

Points where grid lines cross are

Lattice Points
called lattice points.

In a coordinate plane, two

In a coordinate plane, two
nonvertical lines are perpendicular if
nonvertical lines are
and only if the product of their
perpendicular if and only if…?
slopes is –1.

Vertical and horizontal lines Vertical and horizontal lines are

are…? perpendicular.

Two lines are parallel lines if they

Parallel Lines
are coplanar and do not intersect.

Lines that are not coplanar and do

Skew Lines
not intersect are called skew lines.
 Two planes that do not intersect are
Parallel Planes
called parallel planes.

The symbol || is read as “is parallel

|| to.”

If there is a line and a point not on

the line, then there is exactly one
Parallel Postulate
line through the point parallel to the
given line.

If there is a line and a point not on

the line, then there is exactly one
Perpendicular Postulate
line through the point perpendicular
to the given line.

A transversal is a line that intersects

Transversal two or more coplanar lines at
different points.

Two angles are corresponding

Corresponding Angles angles if they occupy corresponding
angles.
 Two angles are alternate exterior
angles if they lie outside the two
Alternate Exterior Angles
lines on opposite sides of the
transversal.

Two angles are alternate interior

angles if they lie between the two
Alternate Interior Angles
lines on opposite sides of the
transversal.

Two angles are consecutive interior

angles if they lie between the two
lines on the same side of the
Consecutive Interior Angles
transversal. Consecutive interior
angles are sometimes called same
side interior angles.

If two lines intersect to form a linear

pair of congruent angles, then the
lines are perpendicular. If two sides
of two adjacent angles are
Perpendicular Line Theorems
perpendicular, then the angles are
complementary. If two lines are
perpendicular, then they intersect to
form four right angles.

If two parallel lines are cut by a

Corresponding Angles Postulate transversal, then the pairs of
corresponding angles are congruent.
 If two parallel lines are cut by a
transversal, then the pairs of
Parallel Line Theorems: If two alternate interior angles are
parallel lines are cut by a congruent, the pairs of consecutive
transversal then…? interior angles are supplementary,
and the pairs of alternate exterior
angles are congruent.

Parallel Line Theorems: If a If a transversal is perpendicular to

transversal is perpendicular to one of two parallel lines, then it is
one of two parallel lines then… perpendicular to the other.