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.
Alternate Exterior Angles
See also
Alternate Interior Angles, Angle, Parallel Lines, Transversal LineExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Kirk, D. "Angles." §10.2 in Contemporary Mathematics. Houston, TX: OpenStax, 2023. https://openstax.org/books/contemporary-mathematics/pages/10-2-angles.Cite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Alternate Exterior Angles." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternateExteriorAngles.html