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Parallel Lines and Transversals

Identify each pair of angles as corresponding, alternate interior, alternate exterior, or consecutive interior.
1) 2)
y y

x
x

3) 4)

y y

x
x

5) 6)

y
y

x
x

7) 8)

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y
x
x

Find the measure of each angle indicated.

11) 12)

?
84°

?
110°

13) 14)

100° ?

? 111°

15) 16)
?
125°

?
47°

17) 18)

53° ?

113°
?

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19) 20)

75°

11 x − 2
21 x + 6

21) 22)

60° x + 139

8x − 4 132°

23) 24)
−1 + 14 x
23 x − 5

12 x + 17
21 x + 5

Find the measure of the angle indicated in bold.

25) 26)

x + 96 20 x + 5

x + 96 24 x − 1

27) 28)

6x x + 109

x + 89
5 x + 10

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Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane

Find the slope of each line.
1) 2)
y y

x x

3) 4)
y y

x x

5) 6)
y y

x x

 8) y x
7) y x


9) x 
10) y x


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 
11) y x 12) y x
 

Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of each line given the slope and y-intercept.

13) Slope = , y-intercept =  

14) Slope = , y-intercept = 


15) Slope = , y-intercept =  

16) Slope = , y-intercept = 


17) Slope = , y-intercept =  

18) Slope =  , y-intercept = 


Find the slope of a line parallel to each given line.

19) y x 20) y x

 
21) y x 22) y x
 

23) y x 24) y x

Critical thinking questions:

25) Fill in the blank so that the lines are not 26) Write the equations of five lines that are
parallel: x
parallel to y  

Line A goes through Line B goes through
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(, ) and (, ) (, ) and (, )

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Proving Lines Parallel

Find the measure of the indicated angle that makes lines u and v parallel.
1) 2)
u u
? 128°

v ? v
130°

3) 4)

? u u
80°
v
? v
66°

5) 6)

u u
? ?

v
v
81°

7) 8)

u
? ?

53° v
58° v

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u

v u
130° ?

117° v

Find the value of x that makes lines u and v parallel.

11) 12)

u u
16x − 6 12x − 4

v v
10x + 10

13) 14)

105° u 19x − 4 u

v v
x + 112 110°

15) 16)

11x − 2 130°
u
u 7x + 14

v 8x + 6 v

Critical thinking questions:

17) For question #16, find a value of x that 18) Even if the lines in question #16 were not
makes lines u and v intersect. parallel, could x = 25? Why or why not?

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