Vocabulary Test 11
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- obtuse triangle
- A triangle whose largest angle measures more than 90 degrees
- scalene triangle
- A triangle with three sides of different lengths
- millenium
- A thousand years
- perpendicular lines
- Two lines that intersect at right angles
- experiment
- A test to find or illustrate a rule
- percent
- Out of 100
- impossible
- An event will definitely not occur; a probability of 0
- parallel lines
- Lines that stay the same distance apart -- they NEVER cross
- right triangle
- A triangle whose largest angle measures 90 degrees
- equilateral triangle
- A triangle in which all sides are the same length
- leap year
- A year with 366 days
- probability
- How likely it is for an event to happen written as a fraction/ratio
- congruent
- Same size and shape
- certain
- An event will definitely occur; a probability of 1
- sector
- A region bordered by part of a circle and two radii
- outcome
- Any possible result of an experiment
- isosceles triangle
- A triangle with at least two sides of equal length
- similar
- Having the same shape, but not the same size
- acute triangle
- A triangle whose largest angle measures less than 90 degrees
- vertex
- Point of an angle, polygon, or solid where two or more lines or line segments meet
- chance
- How likely it is for an event to happen written as a percentage