Question

Complete the missing parts of the paragraph proof.

Answer 1

Answers:

1) Given

2) angle 2 ** see note below

3) angle 3 ** see note below

4) converse of alternate exterior angle theorem

note: you can swap the answers for 2 and 3 and it doesn't matter

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Explanations:

1) This is given so we just simply state "given". It seems silly to repeat what is given, but this is how you start any geometry proof.

2 & 3) The answers here are angle 2 and angle 3 because they are both interior angles (on the inside of the parallel lines m and L) and they are on alternate sides of the transversal line q. So they are both alternate interior angles and are congruent due to line L parallel to line m (alternate interior angle theorem)

4) If you have a pair of parallel lines, then the alternate exterior angle theorem says that alternate exterior angles are congruent. Going in reverse, the converse of this theorem says that having a pair of congruent alternate exterior angles (angle 1, angle 2) leads to the lines being parallel (p and q).