1.8.

4 Journal: Consecutive Angle Theorem

Journal

Geometry Sem 1
Name:
Jerom Rofael

Date:
7/6/23

Making the Slopes Safer for Skiers

Instructions:

• View the video found on page 1 of this journal activity.

• Using the information provided in the video, answer the questions

below.

• Show your work for all calculations

1. The Students' Conjectures: (3 points: 1 point each)

• What conjecture is being made?

2 ski paths are crossing each other and they are parallel.

• What key details are given?

The 2 paths are parallel, they are angler, one path is 35 degrees.

• What is your plan of action?

My plan is to find the rest of they angles with out going out to measure them and I
will do this by using what I have learned and that is that if
a line is intersecting anther line that line is equal to 108 degrees and some of the
points are equal to each other, with this information I can figure out the other
angles.

2. Looking at the Consecutive Interior Angles (9 points)

Look at the diagram of the scenario below. A steep downhill ski slope is intersected at an
angle by a less steep ski slope. Safety fences need to be set up in the locations shown.
The angles of the fences, angles 1 and 2, can be determined by finding the relationship
between the angles a and b.

• Draw a geometric diagram of this scenario using two parallel lines and
one transversal. (Remember that a transversal is a line which cuts across parallel
lines.) Label the angles, parallel lines, and transversal as indicated in the diagram
above. (2 points)

The software I am using doesn’t allow me to draw.

• Starting with the fact that angles 1 and a are a linear pair and that
angles b and 2 are also a linear pair, use a two column proof to prove that consecutive
interior angles a and b are supplementary. (5 points)

Statement                                            Reason

La supp. Lb congruent s
 • Explain what the result of your proof tells you about angles a and b.
Specifically, if you measured one angle, what would you know about the other? (2
points)

If I measured one of the points due to them being supplementary they would
be equal means the same angle.

3. The Exterior Angles (6 points)

• The fences will be aligned with the exterior angles ∠1 and ∠2. What
are some other relationships you can see between ∠1, ∠2, ∠a, and ∠b? (2 points)

L1 is equal to Lb and L2 is equal to La.

• Which of the relationships you listed above will be the most helpful in
figuring out the measurements of the safety fences? (2 points)

All of them because if I find L1 then I find Lb and vise versa.

 • What is the measure of ∠2? (2 points)

180-35=145

145= L2

4. Reflections (2 points: 1 point each)

• Can you think of any other real-life scenarios where parallel lines and
transversals exist?

Cross sections in the road.

• What are the limitations of the ski slope scenario as a real-life

example?

They are not perfectly parallel.

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