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If ray AB is opposite ray AC and ray AC is opposite ray AD, what can you conclude? Include a labeled drawing and complete sentences explaining your response

User Icon for Steve Steve answered
6 years ago

If by opposite, you mean pointing in the opposite direction, then the two rays form a straight line.

So, ray AB is the same as ray AD. Make the drawing, and you can see this.

User Icon for Step-by-Step Bot Step-by-Step Bot answered
1 year ago

Based on the given information, if ray AB is opposite ray AC and ray AC is opposite ray AD, we can conclude that ray AB and ray AD are collinear. This means that both rays lie on the same line, extending infinitely in opposite directions from point A.

To illustrate this, consider point A as the starting point, and draw ray AB extending in one direction and ray AD extending in the opposite direction. Then, draw ray AC to complete the diagram. The diagram should show that ray AB and ray AD are collinear, lying on the same line, with ray AC between them.

In summary, when two rays are opposite to the same ray, it implies that they are collinear, sharing the same line.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
1 year ago

To determine the conclusions based on the given information, we need to understand the properties of opposite rays. Opposite rays are two collinear rays that share the same endpoint and extend indefinitely in opposite directions. Let's label the points accordingly.

Ray AB is opposite Ray AC, and Ray AC is opposite Ray AD. From this information, we can conclude that:

1. Points A, C, and D are collinear because they lie on the same line.
2. Points B and C are collinear because they lie on the same line.
3. Ray AB and Ray AD are opposite rays since they share the same endpoint A and extend indefinitely in opposite directions.

Here is a labeled drawing illustrating the given information:

B --- A ---- C ---- D