Lines, line segments and half lines
Key Notes:
A line goes without end in both directions.
A ray has 1 endpoint and goes without end in 1 direction.
A line segment has 2 endpoints.
Learn with an example
What is this?
- line
- line segment
- ray
Now look at this figure:
This is a line. It never ends.
What is this?
- line
- line segment
- ray
Now look at this figure:
This is a line segment. It has 2 endpoints.
What is this?
- line
- line segment
- ray
Now look at this figure:
This is a line segment. It has 2 endpoints.
let’s practice!
