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Alternate Interior Angles


AlternateInteriorAngles

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


See also

Alternate Exterior 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 Interior Angles." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternateInteriorAngles.html

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