Find Linear Pair, Vertically Opposite Angles, Complementary Angles. Alternate Interior Angles
1. Linear Pair (āϏāĻŽā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻŖ
A linear pair consists of two adjacent angles that lie on a straight line and whose sum is always 180°. These angles share a common vertex and a common arm, while their other arms form a straight line. Because of this, they are also called supplementary angles. For example, if one angle is 70°, the other angle must be 110°.
āϏāĻŽā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖ āϝāĻŋ āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϝāĻžā§° āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§§ā§Žā§Ļ° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§, āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϏā§āĻāĻāĻžā§°āĻŖā§ āĻāĻšāĻāϤāĻ supplementary āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ ā§ā§Ļ° āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŖ ā§§ā§§ā§Ļ° āĻšāĻŦāĨ¤
Ex: If one angle = 70°, other = 110° (āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖ, āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ = 180°)
2. Vertically Opposite Angles (āĻāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§āĻŖ)
Vertically opposite angles are the angles formed when two straight lines intersect each other. In this case, the angles that lie opposite to each other are always equal in measure. These angles do not share a common arm and are not adjacent. They are formed in pairs and look like an “X” shape. For example, if one angle is 50°, then the angle directly opposite to it will also be 50°.
āĻāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§āĻŖ āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāύā§-āĻāύāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻāĻšāĻāϤ “X” āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ ā§Ģā§Ļ° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻā§āĻŖā§ ā§Ģā§Ļ° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Note: “āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖ, āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ = 180°”, āĻāĻāĻā§ Linear Pair ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, Vertically Opposite Angles āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Final Point: i. Vertically Opposite → Equal angles (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ), ii. Linear Pair → Sum = 180° (āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ ā§§ā§Žā§Ļ°)
Ex: If one angle = 50°, opposite = 50° (āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāϧāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖ, āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ = 180°)
3. Complementary Angles (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻŖ)
Complementary angles are two angles whose sum is exactly 90°. When these two angles are placed together, they form a right angle. These angles may be adjacent (next to each other) or separate (not touching). The important condition is that their total must be 90°. For example, angles of 30° and 60° are complementary because their sum is 90°.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āϝāĻžā§° āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ āĻ āĻŋāĻ ā§¯ā§Ļ° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻā§āĻŖ (right angle) āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻāϞāĻā§āύ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§—āĻāĻšāĻāϤ⧰ āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ ⧝ā§Ļ° āĻšāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, ā§Šā§Ļ° āĻā§°ā§ ā§Ŧā§Ļ° āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻŖ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻšāĻāϤ⧰ āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ ⧝ā§Ļ°āĨ¤
Note: i. Complementary Angles → Sum = 90° (āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ ⧝ā§Ļ°), ii. Form → Right Angle (āϏāĻŽāĻā§āĻŖ)
4. Alternate Interior Angles (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āĻŖ)
Alternate interior angles are formed when a transversal cuts two parallel lines. These angles lie between the two lines (interior region) and on opposite sides of the transversal. When the lines are parallel, each pair of alternate interior angles is equal. They are commonly recognized using a “Z” shape pattern in diagrams. For example, in a Z-shaped figure, the two alternate interior angles are equal.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āĻŖ āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻž transversal ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ (āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ āĻāĻļāϤ) āĻā§°ā§ transversal ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŦā§ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° “Z” āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, Z-āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Note: i. Alternate Interior Angles → Equal (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ), ii. Condition → Parallel lines + Transversal