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3-3 Parallel Lines and Transversals
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Section 3.2
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P ROPERTIES OF P ARALLEL L INES POSTULATE POSTULATE 15 Corresponding Angles Postulate 1 2 1 2 If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the pairs of corresponding angles are congruent.
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P ROPERTIES OF P ARALLEL L INES THEOREMS ABOUT PARALLEL LINES THEOREM 3.4 Alternate Interior Angles 3 4 3 4 If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the pairs of alternate interior angles are congruent.
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P ROPERTIES OF P ARALLEL L INES THEOREMS ABOUT PARALLEL LINES THEOREM 3.5 Consecutive Interior Angles 5 6 m 5 + m 6 = 180° If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the pairs of consecutive interior angles are supplementary.
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P ROPERTIES OF P ARALLEL L INES THEOREMS ABOUT PARALLEL LINES THEOREM 3.6 Alternate Exterior Angles 7 8 7 8 If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then the pairs of alternate exterior angles are congruent.
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P ROPERTIES OF P ARALLEL L INES THEOREMS ABOUT PARALLEL LINES THEOREM 3.7 Perpendicular Transversal j k If a transversal is perpendicular to one of two parallel lines, then it is perpendicular to the other.
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Proving the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem Prove the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem. S OLUTION GIVEN p || q p || qGiven StatementsReasons 1 2 3 4 PROVE 1 2 1 3 Corresponding Angles Postulate 3 2 Def first -Vertical Angles Theorem 1 2 Transitive property of Congruence
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Using Properties of Parallel Lines S OLUTION Given that m 5 = 65°, find each measure. Tell which postulate or theorem you use. Linear Pair Postulate m 7 = 180° – m 5 = 115° Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem m 9 = m 7 = 115° Corresponding Angles Postulate m 8 = m 5 = 65° m 6 = m 5 = 65° Vertical Angles Theorem
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Using Properties of Parallel Lines Use properties of parallel lines to find the value of x. S OLUTION Corresponding Angles Postulate m 4 = 125° Linear Pair Postulate m 4 + (x + 15)° = 180° Substitute. 125° + (x + 15)° = 180° P ROPERTIES OF S PECIAL P AIRS OF A NGLES Subtract. x = 40°
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Over 2000 years ago Eratosthenes estimated Earth’s circumference by using the fact that the Sun’s rays are parallel. When the Sun shone exactly down a vertical well in Syene, he measured the angle the Sun’s rays made with a vertical stick in Alexandria. He discovered that Estimating Earth’s Circumference: History Connection m 2 1 50 of a circle
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Estimating Earth’s Circumference: History Connection m 2 1 50 of a circle Using properties of parallel lines, he knew that m 1 = m 2 He reasoned that m 1 1 50 of a circle
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The distance from Syene to Alexandria was believed to be 575 miles Estimating Earth’s Circumference: History Connection m 1 1 50 of a circle Earth’s circumference 1 50 of a circle 575 miles Earth’s circumference 50(575 miles) Use cross product property 29,000 miles How did Eratosthenes know that m 1 = m 2 ?
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Estimating Earth’s Circumference: History Connection How did Eratosthenes know that m 1 = m 2 ? S OLUTION Angles 1 and 2 are alternate interior angles, so 1 2 By the definition of congruent angles, m 1 = m 2 Because the Sun’s rays are parallel,
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