- Angles, Lines, and Polygons
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- Measuring an angle with the protractor
- Acute, obtuse, and right angles
- Naming segments, rays, and lines
- Identifying parallel and perpendicular lines
- Acute, obtuse, and right triangles
- Classifying scalene, isosceles, and equilateral triangles by side lengths or angles
- Finding an angle measure of a triangle given two angles
- Naming polygons
- Drawing and identifying a polygon in the coordinate plane
Acute, obtuse, and right angles
We measure angles in degrees. Angles can also be measured in other units like radians. One complete rotation around a point is 360 degrees or 2 pi radians. We use a little circle ° following the number to mean degrees. For example, 60° means 60 degrees. A full circle is 360°; half a circle is 180° and quarter a circle in 90°.
We often measure angles using a protractor. The normal protractor measures 0° to 180°
An acute angle is defined as an angle that is more than 0° but less than 90° in measure.
A right angle is defined as an angle that is 90° in measure.
An obtuse angle is defined as an angle that is between 90° and 180° in measure.
Classify each angle as acute, obtuse, right or straight
Solution
Step 1:
Given angle is equal to 90°.
Step 2:
So, the given angle is a right angle.
Classify each angle as acute, obtuse, right or straight
Solution
Step 1:
Given angle is equal to 180°.
Step 2:
So, the given angle is a straight angle
