Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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4. Constructing Polygons
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Exercise 9 Page 384

A quadrilateral can be formed when the sum of the four given angle measures is equal to 360^(∘).

Not possible, see solution.

Practice makes perfect
We want to draw a quadrilateral with angle measures of 100^(∘), 40^(∘), 20^(∘), and 20^(∘). We can recall that a quadrilateral can be formed when the sum of the angle measures is equal to 360^(∘). Let's check whether the four angle measures add up to 360^(∘).

100^(∘) + 40^(∘) + 20^(∘)+ 20^(∘) ? = 360^(∘) [0.5em] ⇓ [0.5em] 180^(∘) ≠ 360^(∘) The sum of the angle measures is 180^(∘). This means that we cannot construct the quadrilateral.