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Lesson 1.2: Defining Terms

Question 5 • (A. Costello)WCA 5324 Geometry 1st Nine Weeks 26-27

Which defines a circle?

Answer
A
two rays with a common endpoint
B
a piece of a line with two endpoints
C
a piece of a line with one endpoint
D
all coplanar points equidistant from a given point

Explanation

A circle is the set of all points in a plane that are the same distance from one fixed point, called the center. Choice D describes exactly this. The other choices describe an angle, a line segment, and a ray.

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