diff --git a/.changeset/little-paws-play.md b/.changeset/little-paws-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7048c63794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/little-paws-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus": patch
+---
+
+Internal: refactor and test `segmentsIntersect` function
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/graphs/components/angle-indicators.tsx b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/graphs/components/angle-indicators.tsx
index 4ea675d603..c316dcc72e 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/graphs/components/angle-indicators.tsx
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/graphs/components/angle-indicators.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {vec} from "mafs";
 import * as React from "react";
 
 import {clockwise} from "../../../../util/geometry";
-import {findAngle} from "../../math";
+import {findAngle, segmentsIntersect} from "../../math";
 import {getIntersectionOfRayWithBox as getRangeIntersectionVertex} from "../utils";
 
 import {MafsCssTransformWrapper} from "./css-transform-wrapper";
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export const shouldDrawArcOutside = (
 
     polygonLines.forEach(
         (line) =>
-            linesIntersect([vertex, rangeIntersectionPoint], line) &&
+            segmentsIntersect([vertex, rangeIntersectionPoint], line) &&
             lineIntersectionCount++,
     );
 
@@ -332,22 +332,6 @@ export const shouldDrawArcOutside = (
     return !isEven(lineIntersectionCount);
 };
 
-// https://stackoverflow.com/a/24392281/7347484
-// The "intersects" function in geometry doesn't seem to work for this use case
-const linesIntersect = (
-    [[a, b], [c, d]]: CollinearTuple,
-    [[p, q], [r, s]]: CollinearTuple,
-) => {
-    const determinant = (c - a) * (s - q) - (r - p) * (d - b);
-    if (determinant === 0) {
-        return false;
-    } else {
-        const lambda = ((s - q) * (r - a) + (p - r) * (s - b)) / determinant;
-        const gamma = ((b - d) * (r - a) + (c - a) * (s - b)) / determinant;
-        return 0 < lambda && lambda < 1 && 0 < gamma && gamma < 1;
-    }
-};
-
 const isEven = (n: number) => n % 2 === 0;
 
 // This function calculates the bisector point of an angle formed by two points
@@ -420,10 +404,10 @@ function calculateBisectorPoint(
     }
 
     // Scale the bisector direction by the radius
-    const bisectorPoint = [
+    const bisectorPoint: vec.Vector2 = [
         bisectorDirection[0] * radius,
         bisectorDirection[1] * radius,
-    ] satisfies vec.Vector2;
+    ];
 
     // Add the vertex to the bisector point to get the final position
     // to ensure that the angle label moves with the interactive element
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.test.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8189f04750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+import {segmentsIntersect} from "./geometry";
+
+import type {Segment} from "./geometry";
+
+describe("segmentsIntersect", () => {
+    it("returns false when segments have zero length", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [0, 0],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [1, 1],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when segments are the same", () => {
+        // intersecting segments must have a SINGLE intersection point.
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when an endpoint touches the other segment (lambda = 1)", () => {
+        // We treat segments as open (exclusive of their endpoints).
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 2],
+            [2, 0],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when an endpoint touches the other segment (lambda = 0)", () => {
+        // We treat segments as open (exclusive of their endpoints).
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [-1, 1],
+            [1, -1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when endpoints touch (gamma = 0)", () => {
+        // We treat segments as open (exclusive of their endpoints).
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [2, 1],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when endpoints touch (gamma = 1)", () => {
+        // We treat segments as open (exclusive of their endpoints).
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [1, 1],
+            [2, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false given two horizontal segments", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 0],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 1],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false given two vertical segments", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [0, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [1, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false given two parallel diagonal segments", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 1],
+            [1, 2],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true given intersecting segments", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [1, 0],
+            [0, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when segments are not parallel but do not intersect (lambda > 1)", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [9, 0],
+            [0, 9],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when segments are not parallel but do not intersect (lambda < 0)", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [-9, 0],
+            [0, -9],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when segments are not parallel but do not intersect (gamma > 1)", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [-9, 0],
+            [0, -9],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when segments are not parallel but do not intersect (gamma < 0)", () => {
+        const segment1: Segment = [
+            [9, 0],
+            [0, 9],
+        ];
+        const segment2: Segment = [
+            [0, 0],
+            [1, 1],
+        ];
+        expect(segmentsIntersect(segment1, segment2)).toBe(false);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bda3e75074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/geometry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type {vec} from "mafs";
+
+export type Segment = [vec.Vector2, vec.Vector2];
+
+// Determines whether two line segments have exactly one intersection point.
+// The segments are treated as "open" - that is, not inclusive of their
+// endpoints.
+// Algorithm from https://stackoverflow.com/a/24392281/7347484
+export const segmentsIntersect = (
+    [[a, b], [c, d]]: Segment,
+    [[p, q], [r, s]]: Segment,
+): boolean => {
+    const determinant = (c - a) * (s - q) - (r - p) * (d - b);
+    if (determinant === 0) {
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        const lambda = ((s - q) * (r - a) + (p - r) * (s - b)) / determinant;
+        const gamma = ((b - d) * (r - a) + (c - a) * (s - b)) / determinant;
+        return 0 < lambda && lambda < 1 && 0 < gamma && gamma < 1;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/index.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/index.ts
index a240ee4ae2..ba2c6ec56b 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/index.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/interactive-graphs/math/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export {inset, clampToBox} from "./box";
 export {X, Y} from "./coordinates";
 export {MIN, MAX, size} from "./interval";
 export {lerp} from "./interpolation";
+export {segmentsIntersect} from "./geometry";
 export {
     calculateAngleInDegrees,
     convertDegreesToRadians,