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2. Parallel Lines and Transversals
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Exercise 5 Page 507

Note that the lines cut by the transversal are parallel.

m∠ 1=122^(∘) (Consecutive Interior Angles Theorem)
m∠ 2=58^(∘) (Alternate Interior Angles Theorem)

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To find m∠ 2, we can use the fact that 122^(∘) and ∠ 2 are consecutive interior angles. By the Consecutive Interior Angles Theorem, they are supplementary angles which means the sum of their measures is 180^(∘). Therefore, we have that m∠ 2+122^(∘)=180^(∘) ⇔ m∠ 2= 58^(∘). To find m∠ 1, we can either use the fact that 122^(∘) and ∠ 1 are alternate interior angles, or that ∠ 1 and ∠ 2 are a linear pair. By the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem, the pair of angles are congruent when the lines that are cut by the transversal are parallel. We have that m∠ 1=122^(∘).