SOLUTION: If X and Y are supplementary angles, are they necessarily a linear pair? Why or why not? I know supplementary means it = 180 degrees, but i'm not sure about linear pairs. T

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Question 337483: If X and Y are supplementary angles, are they necessarily a linear pair? Why or why not?
I know supplementary means it = 180 degrees, but i'm not sure about linear pairs.
Thx,
FSA
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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In order to be supplementary, the measures of two angles must sum to . They need not be adjacent.

In order to be a linear pair, two angles must be supplementary AND adjacent.


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it