Angle Relationships Vocabulary

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A pair of angles whose sum is 90 degrees

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Complementary angles

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Triangles that are scale drawings of each other. They have the same shape but may have a different size

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Similar triangles

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When two lines are cut by a transversal, a pair of angles on opposite sides of the transversal and between the two lines

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Alternate interior angles

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Lines that cross at a common point

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Intersecting lines

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When two lines are cut by a transversal, a pair of angles on opposite sides of the transversal and outside the two lines

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Alternate exterior angles

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A pair of angles whose sum is 180 degrees

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Supplementary angles

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Angles that are opposite each other when two lines intersect

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Vertical angles

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Lines that never intersect and are always the same distance apart

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Parallel lines

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An angle that measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees

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Obtuse angle

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An angle that measures less than 90 degrees

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Acute angle