PROVING PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A

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PROPERTIES, THEOREMS AND POSTULATES ON PARALLEL
LINES CUT BY A TRANSVERSAL:

A. Parallel Postulates:

If there is a line and a point not on the line, then

there is exactly one line through the point that is
parallel to the given line.
A transversal is a line that intersects two or
more coplanar lines at two or more distinct
points.
B. ANGLES FORMED BY PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A
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Alternate Interior Angles – are two nonadjacent

interior angles on opposite sides of the transversal.
B. ANGLES FORMED BY PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A
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Alternate Exterior Angles – are two nonadjacent

exterior angles on opposite sides of a transversal.
B. ANGLES FORMED BY PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A
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Corresponding Angles – are two nonadjacent angles, one

interior, and one exterior on the same side of the
transversal.
B. ANGLES FORMED BY PARALLEL LINES CUT BY A
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Vertical Angles – Two angles are vertical angles if and

only if they are nonadjacent angles formed by two
intersecting lines.
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 Given: 𝒏 ∥ 𝒎, transversal a
Prove: ∠1 ≅ ∠2.

Proof:
STATEMENT REASON

1.
𝑛 ∥ 𝑚, transversal a 1. Given
2. ∠1 ≅ ∠3 2.
Vertical angles are congruent.
3. ∠3 ≅ ∠4 3. Parallel-Alternate Interior Angle Postulate
4. ∠1 ≅ ∠4 4. Transitive Property of Congruence
5. ∠4 ≅ ∠2 5.
Vertical angles are congruent
6. ∠1 ≅ ∠2 6. Transitive property of congruence