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Course: Test Everything QE Sandbox > Unit 1

Lesson 13: Interactive graph

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Excerpt from "lines, line segments, and rays review". Includes INTERACTIVE GRAPH widget only.

What are $lines$ ‍ and $line segments$ ‍ and $rays$ ‍?

A

line

extends forever in both directions, like this:

A

line segment

is just part of a line. It has two endpoints, like this:

A

ray

starts at one point and continues on forever in one direction, like this:

Want to learn more about lines, line segments, and rays? Check out this video.

Drag the lines so one line goes through points $A$ ‍ and $D$ ‍, and the other line goes through points $B$ ‍ and $C$ ‍.

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