Lesson1.3.

AnglesFormedbyTransversals

Objective:
Studentswillusetheirunderstandingoftranslationandangle
pairrelationshipstodeterminethatwhenatransversalintersectsparallel
lines,thecorrespondinganglesarecongruent.

Tasking
:
1.
Marcoswaswalkinghomeafterschoolwhenhenoticedapatternof
parallelogramtilesonthewallofabuilding.Marcossawlotsofanglepair
relationshipsinthetilepattern,sohedecidedtocopyitintohisnotebook.
ThebeginningofMarcossdiagramisshownbelow.

a. Considertheanglesinsideasingleparallelogramfromthe
pattern.Whichanglesarecongruent?Howcanyoujustify
yourclaim?
b. Sinceeachparallelogramisatranslationofanother,whatcan
bestatedabouttheanglesintherestofMarcostiling?
c. Whataboutrelationshipsbetweenlines?Canyouidentifyany
linesinthediagramthatmustbeparallel?Markallthelineson
yourdiagramwiththesamenumberofarrowstoshowwhich
linesareparallel.

2.JuliawantstolearnmoreabouttheanglesinMarcossdiagramandhas
decidedtofocusonjustapartofhistiling.Anenlargedviewofthatsection
isshownintheimagebelow,withsomepointsandangleslabeled.

a. Alinethatcrossestwoormoreotherlinesiscalleda
transversal
.In
Juliasdiagram,whichlineisthetransversal?Whichlinesare
parallel?
b. Inthisdiagram,
x
and
b
arecalled
correspondingangles
becausetheyareinthesamepositionattwodifferentintersectionsof
thetransversal.Whatistherelationshipbetweenangles
x
and
b
?
Explainhowyouknow.
3.
CORRESPONDINGANGLESFORMEDBYPARALLELLINES
ThecorrespondinganglesinJuliasdiagramarecongruent.
a. NamealloftheotherpairsofcorrespondinganglesinJulias
diagram.
b. Suppose
b
=60.Usewhatyouknowaboutanglepair
relationshipstodeterminethemeasuresofalloftheother
anglesinJuliasdiagram.

4.
ARETHEYALWAYSCONGRUENT?
Sofaryouhaveinvestigatedtransversallinesthatcrosspairsof
parallellines.However,transversallinescancrossanypairoflines,
notjustparallellines.
Frankwonderswhethercorrespondinganglesare
always
congruent.
Forparts(a)through(d)below,usetracingpapertodetermine
whethercorrespondinganglesarecongruent.Then,ifyouhave
enoughinformation,determineanglemeasures
x
and
y
andstatethe
anglepairrelationship.

a.

b.

c.


d. AnswerFranksquestion:Arecorrespondinganglesalways
congruent?
e. Ifnot,whenaretheycongruent?
5.
Foreachdiagrambelow,determinethevalueof
x
,ifpossible.Ifitisnot
possible,explainhowyouknow.Statetheanglepairtheoremsyouuse.
Bepreparedtojustifyyourreasoningtoothermembersofyourteam.

a.

b.

c.

TeamWork

1.
Jerryhasanidea.Sinceheknowsthatanisoscelestrapezoidhas
reflectionsymmetry,hereasons,
Thatmeansthatitmusthavetwopairsof
angleswithequalmeasure.
Hemarkedthisrelationshiponhisdiagram
below.

Copytheshapesbelowontoyourpaper.Similarly,markwhichangles
musthaveequalmeasureduetoreflectionsymmetry.

a.
b.

c.

d.

2.
Determinethetotalareaofeachrectanglebelow.Eachnumberinside
therectanglerepresentstheareaofthatsmallerrectangle,whileeach
numberalongthesiderepresentsthelengthofthatportionoftheside.

a.

b.

3.
Ongraphpaper,drawthequadrilateralwithvertices(1,3),(4,3),(1,
2),and(4,2).
a.
Whatkindofquadrilateralisthis?
b. Translatethequadrilateral3unitstotheleftand2unitsup.Whatare
thenewcoordinatesofthevertices?
4.
Solvethefollowingproblemusinganymethod.Writeyoursolutionasa
sentence.
Thelengthofarectangleis5cmlongerthantwicethelengthofthewidth.
Iftheperimeteroftherectangleis88centimeters,whatisthewidth?
5.
Rewritethestatementsbelowinconditional(If,then)form.
a. Lineswiththesameslopeareparallel.
b. Averticallinehasundefinedslope.
c. Lineswithslopes

and

areperpendicular.

6.
Writeacompletedescriptionofthegraphshownbelow.