What are adjacent angles? What are adjacent angles? @Mathematics

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cathyangs · Answer

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the two angles formed are adjacent.

anonymous · Answer

Two angles are called adjacent,if they have a common side and their interiors are disjoint.

anonymous · Answer

What do you mean by "interiors are disjoint"?

cathyangs · Answer

I'm not really sure about that wording, but I was taught that adjacent angles are next to each other, not overlapping, and share a side...

cwrw238 · Answer

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cwrw238 · Answer

a and b are adjacent

anonymous · Answer

interiors are disjoint me there is a separation in between ..

anonymous · Answer

Aren't these linear pairs?

cathyangs · Answer

they don't have to be linear pairs to be adjacent, but linear pairs are adjacent. |dw:1320503683508:dw|
here angle a and b are adjacent to each other, but they are NOT a linear pair.