HSPT Math : Concepts

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Example Questions

Example Question #277 : Geometry

Two angles are complementary. The measure of one angle is 23 degrees less than twice that of the second. Give the greater of the measures of the two angles. 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Let  be the measure of one of the angles. The measure of the other angle is 23 degrees less than twice this, which is . The angles are complementary, meaning that their measures add up to 90. Therefore:

The other angle has measure .

The greater of the two measures is requested, so the correct response is .

 

 

 

Example Question #2051 : Hspt Mathematics

An angle supplementary to an angle of measure  is complementary to an angle of what measure?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two angles are supplementary if the sum of their degree measures is 180; Two angles are complementary if the sum of their degree measures is 90.

An angle supplementary to an angle with measure  has measure

;

this is complementary to an angle with measure

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Example Question #271 : Geometry

An angle complementary to an angle of measure  is supplementary to an angle of what measure?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two angles are supplementary if the sum of their degree measures is 180; Two angles are scomplementary if the sum of their degree measures is 90.

An angle complementary to an angle with measure  has measure

;

this is supplementary to an angle with measure

.

Example Question #280 : Geometry

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Is  acute, right, or obtuse - or can it be determined?

Possible Answers:

 is an obtuse triangle.

Whether  is acute, right, or obtuse cannot be determined.

 is an acute triangle.

 is a right triangle.

Correct answer:

 is an acute triangle.

Explanation:

Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent, so 

The degree measures of the angles of a triangle total 180, so

All three angles of  are acute, measuring less than 90 degrees, so  is acute.

Example Question #1461 : Concepts

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Is  scalene, isosceles, or equilateral - or can it be determined?

Possible Answers:

Whether  is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral cannot be determined.

 is a isosceles triangle, but not equilateral.

 is an equilateral triangle.

 is a scalene triangle.

Correct answer:

 is an equilateral triangle.

Explanation:

Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent, so 

The degree measures of the angles of a triangle total 180, so

The three angles of  all measure the same, so it is equiangular; consequently, it is also equilateral.

Example Question #2052 : Hspt Mathematics

In parallelogram . Give the measure of  in terms of .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

 and  are a pair of opposite angles of the parallelogram, and as such, they are congruent. Therefore, 

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Example Question #2061 : Hspt Mathematics

The measures of the angles of  are as follows:

Is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral?

Possible Answers:

is scalene

is equilateral

cannot exist

is isosceles but not equilateral

Correct answer:

is equilateral

Explanation:

The sum of the measures of the angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, so solve for  in the equation:

A triangle with three 60-degree angles is equilateral.

 

Example Question #2061 : Hspt Mathematics

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Is  acute, right, or obtuse - or can it be determined?

Possible Answers:

 is a right triangle.

 is an obtuse triangle.

Whether  is acute, right, or obtuse cannot be determined.

 is an acute triangle.

Correct answer:

 is a right triangle.

Explanation:

The degree measures of the angles of a triangle total 180, so

Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent, so 

 is right, so  is a right triangle.

Example Question #283 : Geometry

in isosceles triangle . Is this triangle acute, right, or obtuse?

Possible Answers:

is obtuse

is acute

It is inconclusive whether is acute, right, or obtuse

is right

Correct answer:

It is inconclusive whether is acute, right, or obtuse

Explanation:

An isosceles triangle has at least two sides of equal measure, and also has at least two angles of equal measure.

One of two things can hold:

, so either of or has measure . The third angle has measure

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This angle, having measure greater than 90 degrees, is obtuse, so an obtuse triangle.

Alternatively,  for some , so

Since all three angles have measure less than 90 degrees, all three angles are acute, and is an acute triangle.

Therefore, the information is inconclusive.

Example Question #1461 : Concepts

In parallelogram , and . Evaluate .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

 and  are a pair of adjacent angles of the parallelogram, and as such, they are supplementary - that is, their degree measures total 180. Therefore, 

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