document.write( "Question 624775: Given:
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document.write( "Angle 1 is congruent to angle 3.
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document.write( "Prove:
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document.write( "Angle 2 is congruent to angle 4.\r
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document.write( "*Angle 1 and 2 are vertical angles.
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document.write( " Angle 3 and 4 are vertical angles. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #393042 by jim_thompson5910(35256) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Angles 1 and 2 are vertical angles. So angle 1 = angle 2 because vertical angles are congruent.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Angles 3 and 4 are vertical as well. So angle 3 = angle 4 by the same reason.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since it's given that \"Angle 1 is congruent to angle 3. \", this also means that angle 1 = angle 3\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now we can use substitution to get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle 1 = angle 3\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle 2 = angle 3 << -- replace \"angle 1\" with \"angle 2\" (since the two are congruent)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "angle 2 = angle 4 << -- replace \"angle 3\" with \"angle 4\" (since the two are congruent)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So because we've shown that angle 2 = angle 4 , this proves Angle 2 is congruent to angle 4 \n" ); document.write( " |