McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012
MH
McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012 View details
Practice Test
Continue to next subchapter

Exercise 16 Page 397

Look for an isosceles triangle.

24^(∘)

There are several things we can see by investigating the given figure.

  • There are markers on two segments of the figure. These markers indicate that these segments are congruent, so the triangle they span is isosceles. Let's keep this in mind.
  • The measure of two angles are given on the figure. These are two angles of the large triangle.

The second observation will help us find the measure of ∠ 1 and ∠ 2 together. Using the given measure, m∠ 5=66^(∘), the first observation will help us find the measure of ∠ 1.

Finding m∠ 1

First let's concentrate on the isosceles triangle that the markers indicate.

According to the Isosceles Triangle Theorem, angles ∠ 5 and ∠ 1 are congruent, and hence have the same measure. Since the measure of ∠ 5 is given, this tells us the measure of ∠ 1. m∠ 1=m∠ 5 m∠ 5=66^(∘) ⟹ m∠ 1=66^(∘) The measure of ∠ 1 is 66^(∘).

Finding m∠ 2

Let's concentrate now on the large triangle.

According to the Triangle Angle-Sum Theorem, the angle measures of this green triangle add to 180^(∘). The Angle Addition Postulate guarantees that this is true even if an angle is split in two, like we have in this case. m∠ 6+m∠ 5+m∠ 2+m∠ 1=180^(∘) We can substitute the known measures in this equation to get the measure of ∠ 2.
m∠ 6+m∠ 5+m∠ 2+m∠ 1=180
24+66+m∠ 2+66=180
156+m∠ 2=180
m∠ 2=24
The measure of ∠ 2 is 24^(∘).