Lines, Angles, and Triangles Flashcards
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In a triangle, angle A = 90° and angle B = 38°. What is angle C?
Answer: 52°
Angle C = 180° − 90° − 38° = 52°.
Which angle pair is always congruent when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal?
Answer: Alternate interior angles
Alternate interior angles formed by a transversal and parallel lines are always equal.
Isosceles triangle RST has RS = RT and vertex angle R = 100°. What is each base angle?
Answer: 40°
Each base angle = (180° − 100°) ÷ 2 = 40°.
Parallel lines are cut by a transversal. The angle at the top-left is 115°. What is the co-interior angle at the bottom-right?
Answer: 65°
Co-interior angles are supplementary: 180° − 115° = 65°.
In similar triangles PQR and STU, angle P = 55° and angle Q = 75°. What is angle U?
Answer: 50°
Angle R = 180° − 55° − 75° = 50°; U corresponds to R, so angle U = 50°.
Lines a and b are parallel. An alternate exterior angle at a measures 62°. What is the alternate exterior angle at b?
Answer: 62°
Alternate exterior angles formed by parallel lines are equal: 62°.
Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal. Corresponding angles are (7m − 11)° and (4m + 16)°. What is m?
Answer: 9
7m − 11 = 4m + 16 → 3m = 27 → m = 9.