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   ACUTE ANGLE

   AN ANGLE WITH A MEASUREMENT

  OF LESS THAN 90 DEGREES.

 

ALGORITHM

THE METHOD USED TO

SOLVE THE PROBLEM

 

BASE  
THE SIDE OF A SHAPE UPON WHICH IT SITS.

 

CIRCLE GRAPH

A VISUAL REPRESENTATION

OF INFORMATION IN THE

SHAPE OF A  CIRCLE OR

A PIE.   IT IS ALSO KNOWN

AS A PIE CHART.

 

COLUMN

THE UP AND DOWN POSITION

IN A TABLE OR CHART.

 

HEIGHT 

THE SHORTEST DISTANCE FROM THE BASE OF A SHAPE TO A VERTEX ABOVE THE BASE.

 

OBTUSE

AN ANGLE WITH A

MEASUREMENT OF

MORE THAN 90 DEGREES.

 

 

ORDERED PAIR

A SET OF 2 NUMBERS THAT ARE TO BE PLOTTED ON A GRAPH.   Ex. (2,3) (-3,5) (5,-6)

 

 

PERPENDICULAR

IS A CONDITION THAT

OCCURS WHEN ONE

LINE MEETS ANOTHER

LINE AT A 90° ANGLE.

 

ROW

THE LEFT TO RIGHT ORIENTATION IN A

TABLE OR CHART.

 

 

VERTEX

A POINT WHERE TWO

RAYS (LINES) MERGE.

 

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