ISEE Upper Level Math : Lines

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Lines

Find the distance between and .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the distance, first remember the distance formula: . Plug in so that you have: . Simplify so that you get . This yields .

Example Question #1 : Lines

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Examine the above diagram. If , give  in terms of .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The two marked angles are same-side exterior angles of parallel lines, which are supplementary - that is, their measures have sum 180. We can solve for  in this equation:

Example Question #2 : Lines

Lines

Examine the above diagram. If , give  in terms of .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The two marked angles are same-side interior angles of parallel lines, which are supplementary - that is, their measures have sum 180. We can solve for  in this equation:

Example Question #33 : Plane Geometry

Lines

Examine the above diagram. What is  ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

By angle addition, 

Example Question #1 : Lines

Lines

Examine the above diagram. Which of the following statements must be true whether or not  and  are parallel?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Four statements can be eliminated by the various parallel theorems and postulates. Congruence of alternate interior angles or corresponding angles forces the lines to be parallel, so

   and

 .

Also, if same-side interior angles or same-side exterior angles are supplementary, the lines are parallel, so 

 and 

.

However,  whether or not  since they are vertical angles, which are always congruent.

Example Question #2 : Lines

 and  are supplementary;  and  are complementary.

.

What is  ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Supplementary angles and complementary angles have measures totaling  and , respectively.

, so its supplement  has measure 

, the complement of , has measure 

Example Question #1 : Lines

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Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.

In the above figure,  and . Which of the following is equal to  ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 and  form a linear pair, so their angle measures total . Set up and solve the following equation:

Example Question #31 : Plane Geometry

Two angles which form a linear pair have measures  and . Which is the lesser of the measures (or the common measure) of the two angles?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two angles that form a linear pair are supplementary - that is, they have measures that total . Therefore, we set and solve for  in this equation:

The two angles have measure

and 

 is the lesser of the two measures and is the correct choice.

Example Question #6 : How To Find An Angle

Two vertical angles have measures  and . Which is the lesser of the measures (or the common measure) of the two angles?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two vertical angles - angles which share a vertex and whose union is a pair of lines - have the same measure. Therefore, we set up and solve the equation

Example Question #5 : Lines

A line  intersects parallel lines  and  and  are corresponding angles;  and  are same side interior angles.

Evaluate .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When a transversal such as  crosses two parallel lines, two corresponding angles - angles in the same relative position to their respective lines - are congruent. Therefore, 

Two same-side interior angles are supplementary - that is, their angle measures total 180 - so

We can solve this system by the substitution method as follows:

Backsolve:

, which is the correct response.

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