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Conic sections

Ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas arise from planar sections of a cone.

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  • Lines and planes

    Linear equations and vector representations describe straight lines and planes.

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    Translations, rotations and reflections preserve Euclidean distances.

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    Similar triangles have equal corresponding angles and proportional corresponding sides.

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    An angle measures rotation between rays sharing an endpoint.

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    Area measures planar regions and volume measures spatial regions in corresponding squared or cubed units.

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