Triangle Sum Theorem

&
Exterior Angle Theorem
 Work in groups to answer the questions.
Try your best.

1 2 3 1. Name 2 pair of alternate interior angles

5 & 3 and 4 & 1
2. What is the sum of m1 + m2 + m3?
4 5 180°
3. If m4 = 65° and m5 = 50°, what is
m2?
65°

90°

50° 40°
40° 50° 4. Find all the angle measures
130°
50° 90°
40°
 Vocabulary
• Adjacent angles – angles that share a common vertex
and side
• Vertical angles – a pair of non-overlapping angles that
are opposite and congruent to each other when two lines
intersect
• Complementary angles – two angles whose sum of
angle measures equals 90 degrees
• Supplementary angles – two angles whose sum of
angle measures equals 180 degrees
• Congruent angles – angles whose angle
measurements are equal
 continued . . .
• Axes – the vertical and horizontal lines that act as a
reference when plotting points on a coordinate plane
• Exterior angles of a triangle – angles that are outside
of a triangle between one side of a triangle and the
extension of the adjacent side
• Interior angles of a triangle – angles that are inside of
a triangle, formed by two sides of the triangle
• Transversal – a line that intersects two or more lines
• Angle-angle criterion for triangles – if two angles in
one triangle are congruent to two angles in another
triangle, then the measure of the third angle in both
triangles are congruent
Objectives---What we’ll learn…
• Find the measurement of a missing angle
by using Triangle Angle Sum Theorem.
• Find the measurement of a missing angle
by using Exterior Angle Theorem.
 Triangle Sum Theorem

The sum of the angle measures in a triangle

equal 180°
1

3
2

1 + 2 + 3 = 180°
 Isosceles Triangles

2 congruent sides 2 congruent base angles

Isosceles Triangles & Angle Sum Theorem
Base Angles are congruent.

W  H
E + W + H = 180o

E + 2(W) = 180o
 Exterior Angle Theorem

The measure of an exterior angle in a

triangle is the sum of the measures of
the 2 remote interior angles

remote exterior
interior angle

angles

A = C + D
 Exterior Angle Theorem

The measure of an exterior angle in a

triangle is the sum of the measures of
the 2 remote interior angles

remote exterior
2 angle
interior
angles 1 3 4

4 = 1 + 2
Example 1 on Exterior Angle
Example 2 on Exterior Angle
 Shortcut:
1. Triangle INTERIOR Angle Sum

Interior 1 + Interior 2 + Interior 3 = 1800

= 1800

2. Triangle EXTERIOR Angle Sum

+ Remote Interior
Remote Interior
2 = Exterior Angle
1

= Exterior Angle
 an example with numbers
find x & y
82°
x = 68°
30° x y y = 112°

60º 42º y