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Figuring out angles between transversal and parallel lines

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    Let's say that we have
    two parallel lines.
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    So that's one line
    right over there,
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    and then this is
    the other line that
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    is parallel to the first one.
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    I'll draw it as
    parallel as I can.
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    So these two lines are parallel.
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    This is the symbol
    right over here
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    to show that these two
    lines are parallel.
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    And then let me draw
    a transversal here.
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    So let me draw a transversal.
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    This is also a line.
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    Now, let's say that we know
    that this angle right over here
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    is 110 degrees.
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    What other angles can
    we figure out here?
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    Well, the first thing
    that we might realize
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    is that, look, corresponding
    angles are equivalent.
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    This angle, the angle
    between this parallel line
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    and the transversal,
    is going to be
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    the same as the angle
    between this parallel line
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    and the transversal.
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    So this right over here is
    also going to be 110 degrees.
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    Now, we also know that
    vertical angles are equivalent.
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    So if this is 110
    degrees, then this angle
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    right over here on the opposite
    side of the intersection
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    is also going to be 110 degrees.
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    And we could use that
    same logic right over here
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    to say that if this
    is 110 degrees,
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    then this is also 110 degrees.
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    We could've also
    said that, look,
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    this angle right over here
    corresponds to this angle
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    right over here so that they
    also will have to be the same.
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    Now, what about
    these other angles?
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    So this angle right over
    here, its outside ray,
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    I guess you could
    say, forms a line
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    with this angle right over here.
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    This pink angle is supplementary
    to this 110 degree angle.
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    So this pink angle plus 110
    is going to be equal to 180.
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    Or we know that this pink angle
    is going to be 70 degrees.
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    And then we know that it's a
    vertical angle with this angle
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    right over here, so
    this is also 70 degrees.
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    This angle that's kind of
    right below this parallel line
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    with the transversal, the bottom
    left, I guess you could say,
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    corresponds to this bottom
    left angle right over here.
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    So this is also 70 degrees.
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    And we could've also
    figured that out by saying,
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    hey, this angle is supplementary
    to this angle right over here.
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    And then we could use
    multiple arguments.
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    The vertical angle argument,
    the supplementary argument two
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    ways, or the corresponding
    angle argument to say that,
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    hey, this must be
    70 degrees as well.
Title:
Figuring out angles between transversal and parallel lines
Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:16

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