Unknown

 Triangles  and  Angles

Objectives and CA Content Standards

Students will be able to:

Unknown Triangles and

• Differ ent iat e and classify t r iangles by sides and angles.
• U se a given figur e t o cr eat e equat ions t o solve angles.

Angles Geometry 7.G

U nit : Geomet r y
Per iod: Int er mediat e Algebr a
Gr ade Level: 7th Gr ade
Inst r uct or : Miss Cr ist ina Cer vant es
2. Draw (freehand, with ruler and protractor, and with technology)
geometric shapes with given conditions. Focus on constructing triangles
from three measures of angles or sides, noticing when the conditions
determine a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle.
5. Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and
adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to write and solve simple
equations for an unknown angle in a figure.

Review of Triangles
What are the types of triangles What we know a triangle must have:
do you see daily?
• 3 sides
• 3 angles
• The amount of angles must equal 180∘.

1 2
180 ∘

3 2

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Definitions NOW YOU TRY

Classifying Triangles: By Sides
Triangles Names D raw and Label Sides
• An equilateral triangle has 3 sides of the same length.
• An isosceles triangle has at least 2 sides of the same length.
• A scalene triangle has three sides of different lengths.

Triangles

Isosceles

Scalene

Equilat er al

ANSWER Definitions
Classifying Triangles: By Angles
Triangles Names D raw and Label Sides • An acute triangle has three acute angles.
• A right triangle has one right angle.
• An obtuse triangle has one obtuse angle.
2 2 Reminder:
Equilat er al
All
2 Acut e Tr iangle: All t hr ee triangles
angles ar e less t han 90∘.
must equal
5
Isosceles
5
180∘.
Right Tr iangle: One
3 angle is 90∘.
∟

8 Obt use Tr iangle: One

Scalene angle over 90∘.
7
4 Right t r iangles always
have a r ight angle of 90∘.

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NOW YOU TRY ANSWER

Triangles Names D raw and Label A ngles Triangles Names D raw and Label A ngles

70∘
Acut e Acut e
70∘ 40∘

50∘
Right Right
∟

∟
40∘ 90∘

30∘
Obt use Obt use

35∘ 115∘

Definitions NOW YOU TRY

Intersecting Lines
The measure of ∠1 is 72∘, and the measure of ∠2
• Vertical Angles: Angles opposite each other. is 108∘.
• Congruent: Two angles have the same measure. Find the measures of ∠3 and ∠4.
Ø The symbol ≅ means “is congruent to.”

2
Vertical Angles Theorem: 1 3
Vertical angles are congruent to each other. 4

Using the Vertical Angles for the Figur e 1

diagram in the right, we have in ∠1 and ∠3 ar e ver t ical angles.
symbolic form ∠2 and ∠4 ar e ver t ical angles.

∠1 ≅ ∠3 and ∠2 ≅ ∠4

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Answer Definitions
Special Pairs of Angles: Complementary and
Supplementary
Two angles ar e complement ary if Two angles ar e supplement ary if t he
t he sum of t heir measur es is 90∘. sum of t heir measur es if 180∘.

Figur e 1

We also ∠3 = 72∘
∠1 = 72∘ know ∠1 ≅ ∠3 So
We know 60∘
30∘ 150∘ 30∘
We also ∠4 = 108∘
∠2 = 108∘ know ∠2 ≅ ∠4 So
60∘ + 30∘ = 90∘ 150∘ + 30∘ = 180∘

Now You Try Answers

Det er mine if t he angles ar e complement ar y, supplement ar y or neit her.

a. b. c.

45∘ 125∘
32∘
58∘
63∘ 117∘

32∘ + 58∘ = 90∘ 63∘ + 117∘ = 180∘ 45∘ + 125∘ = 170∘

Complementary Supplementary Neither

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Definitions NOW YOU TRY

Special Pairs of Angles: Adjacent Angles Det er mine if ∠1 and ∠2 ar e adjacent and descr ibe why or why not .

• Vertex: A point where the sides of angle meet. a. b. a.

• Adjacent Angles: Two angles in the same plane that share a vertex and 1
1
common side but do not overlap. 2
2

1
1 b.
2
2 1

Adjacent 2
1
c.
2 c.

Vertex

Answers Use What We Learned in Intersecting

Det er mine if ∠1 and ∠2 ar e adjacent . Descr ibe why or why not .
Lines: Finding Angle Measures
Find t he unknown values.
a. b. a.
It is not adjacent . They shar e a
1
1 ver t ex but not a side. a. b.
2 A sk Yourself
70∘ • Does t he angles look
2
familiar t o t he four 52∘ x
x angles?
b. • Is t her e a dist inguish
It is adjacent . They shar e a t r ait ?
1 • Looks like supplement ar y.
side and a ver t ex. • What ar e t he
• Seems t o be ver t ical. • The diagr am has t he supplement ar y
pr ovided for m.
• Opposit e fr om one
2 measur ement s? What • One angle equals 52∘ and we know
anot her.
do I know. supplement ar y has t o equal 180∘.
c. x = 70∘
c. N o, it is not adjacent . They 52∘ + x = 180∘
shar e a ver t ex but not a side. − 52 ∘ = − 52∘

= Ver t ex
x = 128∘

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NOW YOU TRY ANSWERS

Solve for t he unknown var iable.

a. b. a. b.

67∘ x 67∘ x

x + 67∘ = 180∘ x + x = 180∘

− 67∘ = − 67∘ 2x = 180∘
x = 113∘ x = 90∘

THINK FURTHER

“ “ What angle would define the

Why is the equilateral intersecting lines from part b.
sectioned with the isosceles? be?
Hint - Look at t he definit ions.
”
Triangles
Hint - Classifying Tr iangles: By Angles
b.
”
Isosceles

Scalene

Equilat er al x + x = 180∘
2x = 180∘
x = 90∘

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