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do you understand? 1. essential question how are the properties of segments and angles used to determine their measures?
For segments, properties like congruence (if two segments are congruent, they have equal length) and the segment addition postulate (if a point \( B \) is between \( A \) and \( C \), then \( AB + BC=AC \)) are used. For angles, properties like congruence (congruent angles have equal measure), angle addition postulate (if a ray \( OC \) is inside \( \angle AOB \), then \( \angle AOC+\angle COB = \angle AOB \)), and properties of special angles (like right angles are \( 90^\circ \), straight angles are \( 180^\circ \), vertical angles are congruent, supplementary angles sum to \( 180^\circ \), complementary angles sum to \( 90^\circ \)) help determine their measures. These properties allow us to set up equations or use known relationships to find unknown lengths (for segments) or angle measures (for angles).
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For segments: Use properties like congruence (equal length for congruent segments) and the segment addition postulate (\( AB + BC = AC \) when \( B \) is between \( A,C \)) to find lengths. For angles: Use properties like congruence (equal measure for congruent angles), angle addition postulate (\( \angle AOC+\angle COB=\angle AOB \) for \( OC \) in \( \angle AOB \)), and special angle properties (e.g., supplementary angles sum to \( 180^\circ \)) to find measures.