Vertically Opposite Angles (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ)


When two lines intersect, the angles that are opposite to each other at the vertex are called vertically opposite angles.
āϝ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāχ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻ• āϛ⧇āĻĻ āϕ⧰⧇, āϤ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϛ⧇āĻĻāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϤ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āĻŖāϝ⧋⧰āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ (Vertically Opposite Angles) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Property | āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ


Vertically opposite angles are equal. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


In the figure | āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ: ∠1 = ∠3 and ∠2 = ∠4


Example | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ


If 1 = 60°, then 3 = 60°. Also, 2 = 180° − 60° = 120° (Linear Pair), so 4 = 120° (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 60° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ ∠3 = 60°āĨ¤ āφāĻ•ā§Œ, ∠2 = 180° − 60° = 120° (⧰⧈āĻ–āĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧋āĻŖāϝ⧋⧰), āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ ∠4 = 120°āĨ¤)


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MCQs


1. When two lines intersect, the opposite angles are called ______. / āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž āϛ⧇āĻĻ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϕ⧋āĻŖāϝ⧋⧰āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Complementary angles (b) Vertically opposite angles (c) Adjacent angles (d) Alternate angles
Ans: (b) Vertically opposite angles


2. Vertically opposite angles are always ______. / āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ ______ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
(a) Supplementary (b) Equal (c) Complementary (d) Unequal
Ans: (b) Equal


3. If ∠1 = 75°, then ∠3 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 75° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ ∠3 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 105° (b) 75° (c) 90° (d) 180°
Ans: (b) 75°


4. If ∠1 = 60°, then ∠2 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 60° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ ∠2 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 60° (b) 90° (c) 120° (d) 180°
Ans: (c) 120°


5. If ∠2 = 110°, then ∠4 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠2 = 110° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ ∠4 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 70° (b) 90° (c) 110° (d) 180°
Ans: (c) 110°