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Lines, angles, and triangles SAT question
Math · Geometry and Trigonometry · Medium · Answer it here, explanation included.
Right triangles and are similar, where and correspond to and , respectively. Angle has a measure of . What is the measure of angle ?
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Choice B is correct. It’s given that triangle is similar to triangle . Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent. Since angle and angle correspond to each other, they must be congruent. Therefore, if the measure of angle is , then the measure of angle is also .
Choice A is incorrect and may result from concluding that angle and angle are complementary rather than congruent.
Choice C is incorrect and may result from concluding that angle and angle are supplementary rather than congruent.
Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
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