Showing posts with label Adjacent Angles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adjacent Angles. Show all posts

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Help on Adjacent Angles

Adjacent Angles

Definition of Adjacent Angles

In this lesson let me help you on adjacent angles. The word “adjacent” means “next” or “neighboring”.

Adjacent angles are angles just next to each other. Adjacent angles share a common vertex and a common side, but do not overlap.

Examples of Adjacent Angles

In the figure shown, a and b are adjacent angles. They have a common vertex O and a common side OA.


Solved Example on Adjacent Angles

Example 1

Name all pairs of angles in the diagram that are adjacent. Solution: This can also help us on big words and definitions
Adjacent angles are angles just next to each other. Adjacent angles share a common vertex and a common side, but do not overlap.

Ða and Ðb, Ðb and Ðc, Ðc and Ðd, Ðd and Ðe, Ðe and Ða are the pairs of adjacent angels in the diagram shown above.