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Symbols
Symbol
Page
Symbol
xxii
s
n
triangles
227
line AB
2
?
angles
250
segment AB
3
→
maps to
272
ray AB
3
<
is less than
328
multiplication, times
8
>
is greater than
328
AB
the length of AB
9
Þ
is not equal to
337
⏐x⏐
absolute value of x
9
}, a : b
ratio of a to b
356
x sub one
9
ordered pair
11
,
is similar to
372
5
0
is equal to
11
is this statement true?
389
>
is congruent to
11
yi
is not parallel to
398
square root of a
14
tan
tangent
466
∠ ABC
angle ABC
24
sin
sine
473
24
cosine
473
measure of angle A
cos
m∠ A
24
sin
inverse sine
483
degree(s)
inverse cosine
483
right angle symbol
25
cos21
inverse tangent
483
n-gon
polygon with n sides
43
tan21
parallelogram ABCD
515
π
pi; irrational number
ø 3.14
49
À
is not congruent to
531
ø
is approximately equal to
50
A9
A prime
572
...
and so on
72
#z
AB
vector AB
574
⊥
is perpendicular to
81
574
→
implies
94
component form
of a vector
↔
if and only if
94
A0
A double prime
608
,p
negation of statement p
94
(P
circle with center P
651
i
is parallel to
147
m
slope
triangle ABC
2a
‹]›
AB
}
AB
]›
AB
p
x1
TABLES
(x, y)
}
Ïa
8
n ABC
920
Meaning
opposite of a
Student Resources
a
b
21
~ABCD
ka, bl
Meaning
Page
measure of minor arc AB
659
171
C
C
mA
BC
measure of major arc
ABC
659
217
P(A)
probability of event A
771
mAB