Vertically Opposite Angles (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻā§āĻŖ)
When two lines intersect, the angles that are opposite to each other at the vertex are called vertically opposite angles.
āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ⧰ā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§°āϏā§āĻĒā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻĻ āĻā§°ā§, āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻĻāύāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϤ āĻĒā§°āϏā§āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖāϝā§ā§°āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻā§āĻŖ (Vertically Opposite Angles) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Property | āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ
Vertically opposite angles are equal. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻā§āĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
In the figure | āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§°āϤ: ∠1 = ∠3 and ∠2 = ∠4
Example | āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
If ∠1 = 60°, then ∠3 = 60°. Also, ∠2 = 180° − 60° = 120° (Linear Pair), so ∠4 = 120° (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 60° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠∠3 = 60°āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§, ∠2 = 180° − 60° = 120° (ā§°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŖāϝā§ā§°), āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ ∠4 = 120°āĨ¤)
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MCQs
1. When two lines intersect, the opposite angles are called ______. / āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏ⧰āϞ⧰ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻŖāϝā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻŋ 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 āĻā§āĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ ______ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
(a) Supplementary (b) Equal (c) Complementary (d) Unequal
Ans: (b) Equal
3. If ∠1 = 75°, then ∠3 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 75° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠∠3 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 105° (b) 75° (c) 90° (d) 180°
Ans: (b) 75°
4. If ∠1 = 60°, then ∠2 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠1 = 60° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠∠2 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 60° (b) 90° (c) 120° (d) 180°
Ans: (c) 120°
5. If ∠2 = 110°, then ∠4 = ______. / āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ∠2 = 110° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠∠4 = ______āĨ¤
(a) 70° (b) 90° (c) 110° (d) 180°
Ans: (c) 110°