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Illustrative Mathematics G-CO Congruent angles made by parallel lines and a transverse Alignments to Content Standards: G-CO.C.9 Task In the picture below ℓ and k are parallel: Show that the four angles marked in the picture are congruent. IM Commentary The goal of this task is to prove congruence of vertical angles made by two intersecting lines and alternate interior angles made by two parallel lines cut by a transverse. Students will be familiar with these results from eighth grade geometry and here they will provide arguments with a level of rigor appropriate for high school. The solution 1 Illustrative Mathematics (for alternate interior angles) uses properties of rigid motions and so it is assumed that students have already studied these. Two different arguments are provided, one using rotations and one using translations. Edit this solution Solution We begin by showing that the pair of vertical angles where k and m meet are congruent. For this we mark several points on the diagram: We will show that m(∠DBC) = m(∠EBA). Note that ∠DBC and ∠DBA are supplementary, together forming a straight angle. So m(∠DBC) + m(∠DBA) = 180. Similarly, ∠EBA and ∠DBA together make line k and they too are supplementary: m(∠EBA) + m(∠DBA) = 180. From these two equations we see that m(∠DBC) = m(∠EBA). The other pair of vertical angles in the problem, made by ℓ and m, are congruent by the same reasoning. To show that all four angles are congruent, it is now sufficient to show, in the picture below, that m(∠GBE) = m(∠BGF). 2 Illustrative Mathematics Here B and E are the same points as in the picure above and we have added points ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ and G as well as the midpoint M of BG . A 180 degree rotation of the plane about ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ M F maps B to G and G to B since M is the midpoint of BG . If t is the line parallel to k and ℓ through M then t is mapped to itself by the 180 rotation with center M. The rotation maps parallel lines to parallel lines so this means that k must map to the line through G and parallel to t, that is k maps to ℓ. Similar reasoning shows that ℓ maps to k. This means that the 180 degree rotation with center M interchanges ∠GBE and ∠BGF, making these two angles congruent. Combining our congruent vertical angles and congruent alternate interior angles, we have shown that all four angles in the picture are congruent. There is a second way to show that m(∠GBE) = m(∠BGF) using translations and their properties. Suppose we apply a translation by GB to the plane. This translation maps m to itself and maps ℓ to a line parallel to ℓ containing B. The only line parallel to ℓ through B is k so this means that ℓ maps to k. Translations preserve angles so this means that m(∠BGF) = m(∠CBD) with notation as in the first picture. We already showed that m(∠CBD) = m(∠GBE) and so we have shown that m(∠BGF) = m(∠GBE). ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 3 Illustrative Mathematics G-CO Congruent angles made by parallel lines and a transverse Typeset May 4, 2016 at 21:27:14. Licensed by Illustrative Mathematics under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . 4