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Alternate Exterior Angles


AlternateExteriorAngles

Alternate exterior angles are a pair of angles formed when a transversal line crosses two coplanar lines, with both angles outside the region between the crossed lines and on opposite sides of the transversal. If the two crossed lines are parallel lines, each pair of alternate exterior angles is congruent. Conversely, if a pair of alternate exterior angles is congruent, the two crossed lines are parallel.


See also

Alternate Interior Angles, Angle, Parallel Lines, Transversal Line

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References

Kirk, D. "Angles." §10.2 in Contemporary Mathematics. Houston, TX: OpenStax, 2023. https://openstax.org/books/contemporary-mathematics/pages/10-2-angles.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Alternate Exterior Angles." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternateExteriorAngles.html

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