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GEOMETRY
Transversal Lines
NAME_________________________
DATE __________ Per.___________
Transversals
Vocabulary: “transversal”
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“exterior”
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“interior”
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“exterior”
and ∠5, ∠2 and ∠6 are Corresponding Angles.
1. ∠1
a) Which angle corresponds to ∠3?
b) Name another pair of corresponding angles.
c) What is a good definition for “corresponding angles”?
and ∠6 are Alternate Interior Angles.
2. ∠3
a) Which angle is alternate interior to ∠4?
b) What is a good definition for
“alternate interior angles”?
and ∠5 are Same-Side Interior Angles.
4. ∠3
a) Which angle is same-side interior to ∠4?
b) What is a good definition for
“same-side interior angles”?
and ∠8 are Alternate Exterior Angles.
3. ∠1
a) Name another pair of alternate exterior ∠‘s:
b) What is a good definition for
“alternate exterior angles”?
and ∠8 are Same-Side Exterior Angles.
5. ∠2
a) Name another pair of same-side exterior ∠‘s:
b) What is a good definition for
“same-side exterior angles”?
“Corresponding Angles Postulate”
If a transversal cuts two parallel lines,
then corresponding angles are congruent.
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