Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal Vocabulary

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What are parallel lines?

Back

Lines in a plane that never meet and are always the same distance apart.

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What is a transversal?

Back

A line that intersects two or more lines at different points.

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What are corresponding angles?

Back

Angles that are in the same position on two parallel lines cut by a transversal.

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What are alternate interior angles?

Back

Angles that are on opposite sides of the transversal and inside the two lines.

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What are alternate exterior angles?

Back

Angles that are on opposite sides of the transversal and outside the two lines.

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What are same side interior angles?

Back

Angles that are on the same side of the transversal and inside the two lines.

Front

What are vertical angles?

Back

Angles that are opposite each other when two lines intersect; they are always congruent.

Front

If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, what can be said about corresponding angles?

Back

They are congruent.

Front

If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, what can be said about alternate interior angles?

Back

They are congruent.

Front

If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, what can be said about same side interior angles?

Back

They are supplementary (add up to 180 degrees).