HSPT Math : HSPT Mathematics

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Example Questions

Example Question #1467 : Concepts

The measures of the angles of  are as follows:

Is scalene, isosceles, or equilateral?

Possible Answers:

cannot exist

is equilateral

is isosceles but not equilateral

is scalene

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 #1468 : Concepts

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

Possible Answers:

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

 is a right triangle.

 is an acute triangle.

 is an obtuse 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 #1469 : Concepts

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

Possible Answers:

is acute

It is inconclusive whether is acute, right, or obtuse

is right

is obtuse

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

.

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 #2061 : Hspt Mathematics

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, 

Example Question #1471 : Concepts

What is the total degrees of the angles in a square?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A square has four right angles which each have  degrees.  

To get the total you just multiple the measure of one by  to get 

.

Example Question #11 : Geometry

Angle  measures 

  is the bisector of

  is the bisector of

What is the measure of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Angle pic

Let's begin by observing the larger angle.  is cut into two 10-degree angles by . This means that angles  and  equal 10 degrees. Next, we are told that  bisects , which creates two 5-degree angles.   consists of , which is 10 degrees, and , which is 5 degrees. We need to add the two angles together to solve the problem.

Example Question #181 : Coordinate Geometry

If  , , and , what is the measure, in degrees, of 

Alternate interior angles   

 

Possible Answers:

62

148

32

122

58

Correct answer:

148

Explanation:

The question states that . The alternate interior angle theorem states that if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then pairs of alternate interior angles are congruent; therefore, we know the following measure:

The sum of angles of a triangle is equal to 180 degrees. The question states that ; therefore we know the following measure:

Use this information to solve for the missing angle:

The degree measure of a straight line is 180 degrees; therefore, we can write the following equation:

The measure of  is 148 degrees. 

Example Question #1472 : Concepts

What is the slope of a line through the points  and  ?

Possible Answers:

Undefined slope

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the slope fomula, setting 

Example Question #1473 : Concepts

In which quadrant, or on which axis, is the point with coordinates  located?

Possible Answers:

Quadrant III

Quadrant II

Quadrant I

Quadrant IV

The -axis

Correct answer:

Quadrant IV

Explanation:

Any point with a positive -coordinate and a negative -coordinate is located in the lower right quadrant - Quadrant IV.

Example Question #1474 : Concepts

Which of the following is an equation of a line with slope 0?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

A line with slope 0 has equation  for some real value .

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