Big Ideas Math Geometry, 2014
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6. Proving Geometric Relationships
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Exercise 5 Page 109

Think about vertical and supplementary angles.

m∠ 1=121^(∘)
m∠ 3=121^(∘)
m∠ 4=59^(∘)

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Looking at the figure, we notice three things we need to figure out the remaining angles.

  1. ∠ 2 and ∠ 4 are vertical angles.
  2. ∠ 2 is supplementary angle to both ∠ 1 and ∠ 3.
  3. ∠ 1 and ∠ 3 are vertical angles.
By the Vertical Angles Congruence Theorem, ∠ 2 and ∠ 4 are congruent. m∠ 2 =m∠ 4 As m∠ 2 =59^(∘), it must follow that m∠ 4 =59^(∘). Supplementary angles have measures that sum to 180^(∘). Additionally, since we also know that ∠ 1 and ∠ 3 are vertical angles, we can write the following three equations. m∠ 2+m∠ 3&=180 m∠ 2+m∠ 1&=180 m∠ 1&=m∠ 3 By solving the first equation for m∠ 3, we also figure out the measure of ∠ 1.
m∠ 2+m∠ 3=180
59+m∠ 3=180
m∠ 3=121
Let's summarize what we have found. m∠ 1&=121^(∘) m∠ 3&=121^(∘) m∠ 4&=59^(∘)