2.1 REVISION OF ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY 11 To remind you s 6. a) Adjacent angles on a straight line add up to 180°. Sans 45s ) The sum of the angles at a point is 360°. c) Vertically opposite angles are equal. d) The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180°. 7. a e) If two sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite those sides are equal. The tria isosceles tri so] ingle is an isosceles triangle. Ales a Example 1 ies 170° Ny dD 9. 10. “ NG rast Ars 10s - 100" 90% 2 Find the size of a, b, and é G and SO°are vertically opposite angles, i. 50° so The triangle is isosceles, soa=5 Qos b= 50° no ‘The sum of the angles in any triangle is 180°, s0a+b+é= 180° 50° + 50° +2 = 180° 100° +@ = 180° 1B. é = 80° Exercise 19 Find the size of each lettered angle. 1 2 a Kswr roi 15. 5 4 ens. @) a12 Part2 Geometry To remind you For a pair of parallel lines cut by a transversal: a) alternate angles L are equal b) corresponding angles are equal ©) allied angles are supplementary @+d= 180° Fora plane figure: a) the sum of the angles in a quadrilateral is 360°. ‘b) the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is 360°. ©) a regular polygon has all its sides equal and all its angles equal. Example 2 ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. a) What special name is given to the quadrilateral CDEF? ) Find the size of a, 5, 2 and d. a) CDEF is an isosceles trapezium, b) san exterior angle of the regular hexagon, soa = 282° = 60° @ and b are adjacent angles on a straight line 304 +5 = 180° 60° +8 = 180° $= 120° ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, 8090° +6=5 90° +2 = 120° @=30° AB is parallel to FC, so é and d are alternate angles: d=30° Exercise 20 Find the size of each lettered angle. pst2.1 Revision of elementary geometry 13