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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please check my answer. I think it's statement 3, it would mean they're congruent not suppl. @jim_thompson5910

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

why are angles 1 and 2 congruent?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh crap, I think I was looking at the wrong thing!

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

what do you mean?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Angle 1 + angle 3= 180 and ang. 2+ 3 = 180 so angle 1 & angle 2 are congruent. Am I mistaken?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

So how you can state that in 2 or 3 words? There's a special theorem (and you provided a proof for that theorem).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Honestly, I don't remember.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think it has the word congruence in it?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

not really

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

look at how angle 1 and angle 2 are related (ignore the other stuff of the drawing) |dw:1419297866427:dw|

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@jim_thompson5910 Statement 3 is incorrect because they are vertically opposite from one another, they are not suppl.

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Statement 3 *should* be this: For triangles AOB and DOC, angle 1 is equal to angle 2 as they are VERTICAL angles. ------------------------------------------------------- You provided a proof for the vertical angle theorem (which states that any two vertical angles are congruent).

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