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Geometrical Terms and Relationship

Angle properties

1. Angles on a straight line are supplementary. ( i.e. they add up to 180 ).

Examples
Find the value of angle marked with a.

2. Angles around a point ( or angles at a point ) add up to 360.

Examples
Find the value of angle marked with x.

3. Angles in a triangle are supplementary. ( i.e. they add up to 180 ).

Example
Find the value of angle marked with y.
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4. Angles in a quadrilateral add up to 360.

Example
Find the value of angle marked with r.

5. The exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two opposite interior angles.

Example
Find the value of angle marked with f.

Exercise 1

Find the values of angles marked with letters.

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Exercise 2

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Find the ABC.

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Find the BAD and BCD.

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Find the PTQ and PST.

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If in triangle ABC , AB = BC = AC then find the size of angle BCD.

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Angles on Parallel Lines
Two straight lines which never meet each other and move along the same direction are called parallel
lines. The line which cuts two parallel line is called transversal line.

Transversal line parallel lines

Four types of angles are formed when a line cutes two parallel lines.

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1. Alternative angles. ( type angles )
Alternative angles are always equal.
a = b

2. Corresponding angles.
Corresponding angles are always equal.
a = b

3. Allied angles.
Allied angles are always supplementary.
a + b = 180

4. Vertically opposite angles.

Vertically opposite angles are always equal.
a = b
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How to identify angles on parallel lines

Alternative angles. Corresponding angles.

a=b a=d
e=f b=c
e=h
f=g

Allied angles.
a + f = 180 Vertically opposite angles.
e + b = 180 a=c
b=d
e=g
f=h

Exercise
Find the angles marked with letters.

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