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Third Angle Theorem

What if you were given $\triangle FGH$ and $\triangle XYZ$ and you were told that $\angle{F} \cong \angle{X}$ and $\angle{G} \cong \angle{Y}$ ? What conclusion could you draw about $\angle{H}$ and $\angle{Z}$ ? After completing this Concept, you'll be able to make such a conclusion.

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CK-12 The Third Angle Theorem

### Guidance

If two angles in one triangle are congruent to two angles in another triangle, then the third pair of angles must also congruent. This is called the Third Angle Theorem .

If $\angle{A} \cong \angle{D}$ and $\angle{B} \cong \angle{E}$ , then $\angle{C} \cong \angle{F}$ .

#### Example A

Determine the measure of the missing angles.

From the Third Angle Theorem, we know $\angle{C} \cong \angle{F}$ . From the Triangle Sum Theorem, we know that the sum of the interior angles in each triangle is $180^\circ$ .

$m\angle{A}+m\angle{B}+m\angle{C}&=180^\circ\\m\angle{D}+m\angle{B}+m\angle{C}&=180^\circ\\42^\circ + 83^\circ+m\angle{C}&=180^\circ\\m\angle{C}&=55^\circ=m\angle{F}$

#### Example B

Explain why the Third Angle Theorem works.

The Third Angle Theorem is really like an extension of the Triangle Sum Theorem. Once you know two angles in a triangle, you automatically know the third because of the Triangle Sum Theorem. This means that if you have two triangles with two pairs of angles congruent between them, when you use the Triangle Sum Theorem on each triangle to come up with the third angle you will get the same answer both times. Therefore, the third pair of angles must also be congruent.

#### Example C

Determine the measure of all the angles in the triangle:

First we can see that $m \angle DCA=15^\circ$ . This means that $m\angle BAC =15^\circ$ also because they are alternate interior angles. $m\angle ABC=153^\circ$ was given. This means by the Triangle Sum Theorem that $m \angle BCA=12^\circ$ . This means that $m\angle CAD=12^\circ$ also because they are alternate interior angles. Finally, $m\angle ADC =153^\circ$ by the Triangle Sum Theorem.

CK-12 The Third Angle Theorem

### Guided Practice

Determine the measure of all the angles in the each triangle.

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1. $m\angle A=86$ , $m\angle C = 42$ and by the Triangle Sum Theorem $m\angle B=52$ .

$m\angle Y=42$ , $m\angle X = 86$ and by the Triangle Sum Theorem, $m\angle Z = 52$ .

2. $m \angle C = m \angle A=m \angle Y=m \angle Z =35$ . By the Triangle Sum Theorem $m\angle B= m \angle X =110$ .

3. $m \angle A=28$ , $m \angle ABE = 90$ and by the Triangle Sum Theorem, $m \angle E = 62$ . $m\angle D= m\angle E=62$ because they are alternate interior angles and the lines are parallel. $m\angle C= m\angle A=28$ because they are alternate interior angles and the lines are parallel. $m \angle DBC = m\angle ABE = 90$ because they are vertical angles.

### Practice

Determine the measures of the unknown angles.

1. $\angle XYZ$
2. $\angle ZXY$
3. $\angle LNM$
4. $\angle MLN$

1. $\angle CED$
2. $\angle GFH$
3. $\angle FHG$

1. $\angle ACB$
2. $\angle HIJ$
3. $\angle HJI$
4. $\angle IHJ$

1. $\angle RQS$
2. $\angle SRQ$
3. $\angle TSU$
4. $\angle TUS$

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Triangle Sum Theorem

Triangle Sum Theorem

The Triangle Sum Theorem states that the measure of the three interior angles of any triangle will add up to $180^\circ$.