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

Think about vertical and supplementary angles.

m∠ 2=121^(∘)
m∠ 3=121^(∘)
m∠ 4=59^(∘)

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

  1. ∠ 4 and ∠ 2 are vertical angles.
  2. ∠ 4 is supplementary angle to both ∠ 1 and ∠ 3.
  3. ∠ 1 and ∠ 3 are vertical angles.
By the Vertical Angles Congruence Theorem, ∠ 4 and ∠ 2 are congruent. Therefore we have that m∠ 4 =m∠ 2. As m∠ 4 =88^(∘), it must follow that m∠ 4 =88^(∘). 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∠ 4+m∠ 1&=180 m∠ 4+m∠ 3&=180 m∠ 1&=m∠ 3. By solving the first equation for m∠ 1, we also figure out the measure of ∠ 3.
m∠ 4+m∠ 1=180
88+m∠ 1=180
m∠ 1=92
Let's summarize what we have found: m∠ 1&=92^(∘) m∠ 2&=88^(∘) m∠ 3&=92^(∘).