Lesson

15
Warm Up 15 d. Yes; Corresponding
pairs of angles and
1. endpoints sides are congruent.
2. one e. ∠1 is interior; ∠2 is
3. acute and isosceles; exterior; ∠3 is interior;
right and scalene; ∠4 is exterior
equiangular and f. hexagons; regular;
equilateral All sides and angles
of each polygon are
Lesson Practice 15 congruent

a. Polygon A has 6 sides, g. Yes; Corresponding

so it is a hexagon. sides and angles are
It is equilateral but congruent; Convex; No
not equiangular, so it diagonals contain points
is irregular. Polygon in the exterior
B has 8 sides, so
it is an octagon. It
is equiangular and
irregular. Polygon C is a
nonagon. It is irregular.
Polygon D is a regular
pentagon.
_ _
b. HK or HL
_ _
c. Concave; WY and WZ
both contain points
in the exterior of the
polygon.

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Practice 15 6. If a person is bilingual,
then he or she speaks
1. If the statement were two languages.
true, then 3 and 3 would
both have to be even 7. (3, 1.5)
since 3 + 3 = 6. This is
false. 8. Sample: a drawing
where the third coplanar
2. Since the canal and line is parallel to one of
the road are parallel, the other two
perpendicular lines
drawn from the road will 9. Double the previous
also meet the canal at a number, then subtract 1.
right angle. The farmer 10. Transitive Property of
can simply measure Equality
perpendicular lines of
the road that are equally 11. alternate exterior
spaced and these angles, alternate
lines will give an equal interior angles, and
exposure to the canal corresponding angles
for each divided area.
12. 2.5
2
3. 336 ft 2
13. a. 24 cm
4. interior angles: ∠KLM, 2
b. 12 cm
∠MNJ, ∠JKL, ∠NJK,
∠NML; exterior angles: c. _ 8 3 cm2
1 ( )( )
2
∠QMN, ∠NJP =_
1( )
24 cm 2
2
2
5. If you find the absolute = 12 cm
value of a number, then
it is nonnegative. 14. quadrilateral; no; yes;
no

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15. a. corresponding 19. a. Sample:
angles B C
A
D
b. The angles are F
G

congruent because
their measures are E

equal, and since they b. Sample:

are corresponding B
A C
angles, the Converse
H
of the Corresponding D
F
Angles Postulate
E
implies that the rails
are parallel.
20. ∠1 and ∠5, ∠2 and ∠6,
16. A kite is a quadrilateral ∠3 and ∠7, ∠4 and ∠8
with exactly two pair of
21. 31.76 ft
congruent consecutive
sides, and the opposite 22. (2.5, 1.5), (0.5, -0.5),
sides are not parallel. (0, 2)
17. 150° and 30° 23. 5 cm
18. m∠1 + m∠2 = 180°; 24. A
∠1 and ∠2 are
supplementary; ∠1 25. C
and ∠2 are same-side
26. The next term would
interior angles; by the
be 33; The pattern is
Converse of the
“multiply by 2, subtract
Same-Side Interior
1.” The pattern “add
Angles Theorem, lines n-1
2 ” is also valid.
m and n are parallel.
27. 68 cm

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28. 360°

29. 40.8 in.

30. concave

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