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Example Questions
Example Question #2 : Angles
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above figure. is equilateral and Pentagon is regular.
Evaluate .
First, we find .
By angle addition,
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is an angle of a regular pentagon and has measure .
, as an angle of an equilateral triangle, has measure .
is equilateral, so ; Pentagon is regular, so . Therefore, , and by the Isosceles Triangle Theorem, .
The degree measures of three angles of a triangle total , so:
Example Question #423 : 2 Dimensional Geometry
Refer to the above figure, which shows Square and regular Pentagon .
Evaluate .
By angle addition,
.
is an angle of a regular pentagon and has measure .
is one of two acute angles of isosceles right triangle , so .
Example Question #32 : Other Shapes
Refer to the above figure. is equilateral, and Quadrilateral is a square.
Evaluate .
By angle addition,
.
, as an angle of an equilateral triangle, has measure .
, as an angle of a square, has measure .
Therefore,
.
Example Question #1391 : Ged Math
Give the number of sides of a regular polygon whose interior angles have measure .
The easiest way to solve this is to look at the exterior angles, each of which have measure . Since each exterior angle of a regular polygon with sides is , we solve for in the following equation:
The polygon has 36 sides.
Example Question #3 : Angles
Three consecutive even angles add up to . What must be the value of the second largest angle?
Let be an even angle. The next consecutive even values are .
Set up an equation such that all angles added equal to 180.
Divide by three on both sides.
The second largest angle is .
Substitute the value of in to the expression.
The answer is:
Example Question #1391 : Ged Math
Refer to the above figure. You are given that .
Which two angles must be complementary?
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and form a linear pair, so their measures add up to that of a straight angle, which is . They must be supplementary (and cannot be complementary).
and are a pair of vertical angles - angles formed from a pair of intersecting lines which together have the lines as the union. They must be congruent, and need not be complementary.
and are a pair of same-side interior angles formed by transversal across the parallel lines. They must be supplementary (and cannot be complementary).
and are the acute angles of right triangle . They must be complementary. This is the correct pair.
Example Question #1392 : Ged Math
Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is , The measure of Angle B is . find the value of .
Since angles A and B are complementary, their measures add up to 90 degrees. Therefore we can set up our equation as such:
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Combine like terms and solve for :
Example Question #1393 : Ged Math
What is the measure of an angle that is complementary to an angle measuring ?
The sum of complementary angles is equal to .
Set up the following equation and solve for :
Example Question #4 : Complementary Angles
Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is . The measure of angle B is . Solve for .
Since angles A and B are complementary angles, their measurements add up to equal 90. Therefore, we need to set up our equation as follows:
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Combine like terms:
And solve for :
Example Question #434 : 2 Dimensional Geometry
Angles A and B are complementary angles. The measure of angle A is . The measure of angle B is . What are the measures of the two angles?
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Since angles A and B are complementary, their measures add up to equal 90 degrees. Therefore we can set up an equation as follows:
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Combine like terms and solve for :
Now that we have found , we need to plug that back in to the two angle measurements