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Complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles
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Acute angle:
Right angle:
Obtuse angle:
Find the complement of a angle.
Complementary angles sum to .
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Straight angle:
Two angles are complementary if their sum is .
Example: and are complementary because
Two angles are supplementary if their sum is .
Example: and are supplementary because
When two lines intersect, vertical angles are opposite each other.
Key Property: Vertical angles are always congruent (equal).
Two adjacent angles that form a straight line.
Property: Linear pairs are supplementary (sum to ).
If point is in the interior of , then:
Answer:
Two angles are supplementary. One angle measures and the other measures . Find the value of .
Supplementary angles sum to .
Two lines intersect. One angle measures and its vertical angle measures . Find and the measure of both angles.
Vertical angles are congruent, so:
Angle measure:
Answer:
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Answer: , both angles measure