Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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Exercise 14 Page 535

Consider the Lines Perpendicular to a Transversal Theorem

We cannot say anything.
Explanation: See solution.

Practice makes perfect
It sure looks like w, and z are parallel as do x and y. However, we cannot be sure of this. For example, if we are going to be sure that x and y are parallel, they would have to be perpendicular to the same line. We would need to know that they are perpendicular to w or z.


The same reasoning applies to determining if w and z are parallel. But we do not know this. Since we have no information about the unknown angles, the figure could look like below.