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OpenStudy (anonymous):

ABCD is a parallelogram. If m

OpenStudy (anonymous):

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Rule: adjacent angles of any parallelogram are supplementary. That means they add to 180 degrees

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

So C+D = 180

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Now let's say C = 90 degrees. That would make D = 90 degrees. If D were to increase to something like D = 120, then what happens to C?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

c would decrease?

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

yes C would go from C = 90 to C = 60

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

before: C = 90, D = 90 .... C+D = 90+90 = 180 after: D = 120, C = 60 ... C+D = 60+120 = 180

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oooh thank you that makes more sense! I was not sure if they were supplementary at first

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

no problem

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