1.5 Postulates and Theorems Relating Points, Lines, and Planes
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1.5 POSTULATES AND THEOREMS RELATING POINTS, LINES, AND
PLANES
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Conduct Experiments 1-3 Write down the goal for each experiment
in your notes Answer every question; that is something
that has a question mark.
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Experiment 1Goal
To find out how many points determine a line.
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Materials
Pencil Paper Straight edge
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Procedure1. Draw two points on a piece of paper. To draw a point make a dot on the paper as if you were dotting the letter i.
2. Draw a line through these two points. Now draw another line through these same two points.
Is that even possible? Draw a third line through these two points. Are the
three lines the same of different?
3. Draw another two points. How many different lines can you draw through these two points?
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Something else to think about
How many lines can you draw through a single point ?
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Experiment 2Goal To find out how many points determine a
plane.
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Materials play-doh Four sharpened pencils with erasers Tabletop
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Procedure1. Form a ball of clay (your point) the size of a
small orange.
2. Stick the pointed end of two sharpened pencils (your lines) one inch into the ball of clay.
3. Turn the ball of clay so that both erasers touch the table (your plane) at the same time. Is it stable?
4. Remove the pencils and place them point first into the ball of clay in a different way. Turn the ball so that both erasers touch the table at the same time. Is it stable?
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5. Stick a third pencil into the ball of clay.
6. Turn the ball of clay so that all three erasers touch the table at the same time. Is it stable?
7. Remove all three pencils from the ball of clay and place them point first in the ball of clay in a different way. Find a way to touch all three erasers to the table at the same time. Is it stable?
8. Now stick four sharpened pencils in the ball of clay. Is it possible to turn the ball of clay so that all four erasers touch the table at the same time?
9. Place the four pencils in the ball of clay so that is it impossible for all four erasers to touch the table at the same time. Is it stable?
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Something to think about How many legs must a stool have so that
it does not tip over?
How many legs must a stool have to guarantee it always makes solid contact with the floor?
Did you ever sit in a wobble chair? Why was that?
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Experiment 3Goal
Discover the properties of lines in a plane
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Materials
Two pencils A table
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Procedure1. Place two pencils on a table.
The table represents a plane.
2. Let the two pencils represent two straight lines, but remember that straight lines extend infinitely. Make an X with the pencils. The pencils now intersect at exactly one point.
3. Try to make the pencils intersect at more than one point. It’s impossible! The only way to make two pencils intersect at more
than one point is to put them on top of each other, but then they represent the same line.
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Something to think about
How many different ways can two lines intersect?
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SPECIAL WORDING “EXACTLY ONE” Unique No more than one “One and only one”
“AT LEAST ONE” Can be more than one Not a unique answer
You will see this wording in the postulates and
theorems and it is important to understand
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Postulates and Theorems
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Postulates and Axioms Statements that are accepted without
proof.
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Postulate A line contains at least two points; a
plane contains at least three points not all in one line; space contains at least four points not all in one plane
The is sort of a broad postulate, while the others become more specific
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Experiment 1 = Postulate Through any two points there is
exactly one line
• What does this postulate mean?• You can draw many lines through a single point
• Two points determine a single line• You can draw one line through any two different points
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Experiment 2 = Postulate Through any three points there is at least
one plane, and through any three non collinear points there is exactly one plane.
What does this postulate mean?• Through three points that lie in a straight line
there are an infinite number of planes. (with a point there is infinite lines, with a line, there are infinitive planes)
• Through three points that do not lie in a straight line there is only one plane. (exactly one)
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Postulate If two points are in a plane, then the line
that contains those points is in that plane.
Why? Because through any two points there is
exactly one line
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Postulate If two planes intersect, then their
intersection is a line.
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Theorems Important statements that are proved. We use postulates to prove theorems.
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Experiment 3 = Theorem If two lines intersect, then they intersect
in exactly one point.
**We know this to be true because there was no way to make the pencils intersect twice **
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Theorem Through a line and a point not in the line
there is exactly one plane.
Think triangles….(demo)
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Theorem If two lines intersect, then exactly one
plane contains the lines.
Just think…no matter how I twist or turn these lines, I can always lay them down on a flat surface (the plane)
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Remote time
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True or False A postulate is a statement assumed to be
true without proof.
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True or False The phrase “exactly one” has the same
meaning as the phrase “one and only one.”
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True or False Through any two points there is exactly
one plane.
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True or False Through a line and a point not on the line
there is one and only one plane.