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Question 732060: What Is The Main Thing I Need To KNow About Geometry
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What Is The Main Thing I Need To KNow About Geometry
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It's mostly straight lines.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Geometry is all about shapes and their properties.
Geometry can be divided into:
Plane+Geometry- which is about flat shapes like lines, circles and triangles, shapes that can be drawn on a piece of paper
Solid+Geometry - which is about three dimensional objects like cubes, prisms and pyramids
Point, Line, Plane and Solid- terms whose definitions you need to know
A Point- has no dimensions, only position
A Line -is one-dimensional
A Plane -is two dimensional (2D)
A Solid -is three-dimensional (3D)

There are many special symbols used in geometry. The most common geometrical symbols are:
symbol for triangle DELTA, for angle <, for perpendicular lines, for parallel lines , for right angle, for congruent shapes (same shape and size), three dots for “a equals b, therefore b equals a”, and so on

you need to know what Polygons are
A Polygon is a 2-dimensional shape made of straight lines.
example: triangles and rectangles are polygons (you find out what other polygons we have)
Solid shapes- three-dimensional shapes ....and so on
most important is to know Pythagoras' Theorem which is very often used