Understanding Vertical and Supplementary Angles
What Are Vertical Angles?
Vertical angles (also known as opposite angles) are the angles that are opposite each other when two lines cross. These angles are always equal. For example, when two lines intersect, four angles are formed, and the pairs of opposite angles are vertical angles. If one vertical angle is known, the other vertical angle can be easily determined as they are congruent (equal in measure).
Example:
If two lines intersect and form a vertical angle of 70^\circ, the angle opposite it is also 70^\circ.
What Are Supplementary Angles?
Supplementary angles are two angles whose measures add up to 180^\circ. These angles don’t have to be adjacent (next to each other), but if they are, they form a straight line. When two angles are supplementary, you can find one angle if the other is known by subtracting the known angle from 180^\circ.
Example:
If one angle measures 110^\circ, the supplementary angle is:
180^\circ – 110^\circ = 70^\circ
Key Concepts:
- Vertical angles are equal.
- Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
Practice Questions: Finding Measures of Vertical and Supplementary Angles
Easy Level Questions
- If one vertical angle is 45^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle measures 100^\circ. What is the other angle?
- What is the measure of the vertical angle if the other angle is 80^\circ?
- If one angle is 120^\circ, what is the measure of its supplementary angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 90^\circ, what is the other angle?
- Find the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 30^\circ.
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 70^\circ. What is the other angle?
- If a vertical angle is 60^\circ, what is the measure of its opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 130^\circ, what is the other angle?
- If one vertical angle is 50^\circ, what is the measure of the angle opposite it?
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle is 85^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- If two vertical angles are formed, and one angle is 95^\circ, what is the measure of the other vertical angle?
- What is the supplementary angle of 65^\circ?
- If one vertical angle measures 110^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 140^\circ, what is the other angle?
- Find the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 25^\circ.
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle measures 125^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- If a vertical angle is 75^\circ, what is the measure of its opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 45^\circ. What is the other angle?
- If one vertical angle is 15^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
Medium Level Questions
- Two supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ. If one angle is 37^\circ, what is the other angle?
- If two vertical angles are formed, and one angle is 125^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 110^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- Find the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 150^\circ.
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle measures 65^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- Two vertical angles are formed. If one angle is 47^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- If two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 78^\circ, what is the other angle?
- What is the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 125^\circ?
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle is 95^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- If two vertical angles are formed and one is 112^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 62^\circ, what is the other angle?
- If two vertical angles are formed, and one angle is 108^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Find the measure of the supplementary angle of 73^\circ.
- If one vertical angle is 132^\circ, what is the measure of its opposite angle?
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle is 115^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- What is the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 29^\circ?
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 85^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- If one vertical angle is 145^\circ, what is the measure of its opposite angle?
- Two angles form a straight line, and one angle measures 160^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- What is the supplementary angle of 98^\circ?
Hard Level Questions
- Two vertical angles are formed, and one angle is 57^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- Find the measure of the supplementary angle of 119^\circ.
- If one vertical angle is 134^\circ, what is the measure of its opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 88^\circ, what is the other angle?
- Two angles form a straight line. If one angle is 121^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Find the measure of the vertical angle if one angle is 149^\circ.
- Two supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ. If one angle is 133^\circ, what is the other angle?
- Two vertical angles are formed. If one angle is 104^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- What is the measure of the supplementary angle of 109^\circ?
- Two angles form a straight line. If one angle is 117^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Two angles are supplementary. If one angle is 135^\circ, what is the other angle?
- If one vertical angle is 125^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- Two supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ. If one angle is 43^\circ, what is the other angle?
- If one vertical angle is 67^\circ, what is the measure of the opposite angle?
- Two angles are supplementary, and one angle is 94^\circ. What is the measure of the other angle?
- Two vertical angles are formed. If one angle is 140^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Two angles form a straight line. If one angle is 150^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- What is the measure of the supplementary angle of 171^\circ?
- Two vertical angles are formed. If one angle is 123^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
- Two angles form a straight line. If one angle is 99^\circ, what is the measure of the other angle?
Answers with Explanation
Easy Level Answers
- Answer: 45^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 45^\circ, its opposite angle must also be 45^\circ. - Answer: 80^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 100^\circ = 80^\circ - Answer: 80^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 80^\circ, the opposite angle is also 80^\circ. - Answer: 60^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 120^\circ = 60^\circ - Answer: 90^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 90^\circ = 90^\circ - Answer: 30^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 30^\circ, its opposite angle is also 30^\circ. - Answer: 110^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 70^\circ = 110^\circ - Answer: 60^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 60^\circ, the opposite angle is also 60^\circ. - Answer: 50^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 130^\circ = 50^\circ - Answer: 50^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 50^\circ, the opposite angle is also 50^\circ. - Answer: 95^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 85^\circ = 95^\circ - Answer: 95^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 95^\circ, the opposite angle is also 95^\circ. - Answer: 115^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 65^\circ = 115^\circ - Answer: 110^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 110^\circ, the opposite angle is also 110^\circ. - Answer: 40^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 140^\circ = 40^\circ - Answer: 25^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 25^\circ, the opposite angle is also 25^\circ. - Answer: 55^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 125^\circ = 55^\circ - Answer: 75^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 75^\circ, the opposite angle is also 75^\circ. - Answer: 135^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 45^\circ = 135^\circ - Answer: 15^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 15^\circ, the opposite angle is also 15^\circ.
Medium Level Answers
- Answer: 143^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 37^\circ = 143^\circ - Answer: 125^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 125^\circ, the opposite angle is also 125^\circ. - Answer: 70^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 110^\circ = 70^\circ - Answer: 150^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 150^\circ, the opposite angle is also 150^\circ. - Answer: 115^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 65^\circ = 115^\circ - Answer: 47^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 47^\circ, the opposite angle is also 47^\circ. - Answer: 102^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 78^\circ = 102^\circ - Answer: 125^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 125^\circ, the opposite angle is also 125^\circ. - Answer: 85^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 95^\circ = 85^\circ - Answer: 112^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 112^\circ, the opposite angle is also 112^\circ. - Answer: 118^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 62^\circ = 118^\circ - Answer: 108^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 108^\circ, the opposite angle is also 108^\circ. - Answer: 107^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 73^\circ = 107^\circ - Answer: 132^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 132^\circ, the opposite angle is also 132^\circ. - Answer: 65^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 115^\circ = 65^\circ - Answer: 29^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 29^\circ, the opposite angle is also 29^\circ. - Answer: 95^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 85^\circ = 95^\circ - Answer: 145^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 145^\circ, the opposite angle is also 145^\circ. - Answer: 20^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 160^\circ = 20^\circ - Answer: 82^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 98^\circ = 82^\circ
Hard Level Answers
- Answer: 57^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 57^\circ, the opposite angle is also 57^\circ. - Answer: 61^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 119^\circ = 61^\circ - Answer: 134^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 134^\circ, the opposite angle is also 134^\circ. - Answer: 92^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 88^\circ = 92^\circ - Answer: 59^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 121^\circ = 59^\circ - Answer: 149^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 149^\circ, the opposite angle is also 149^\circ. - Answer: 47^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
$$180^\circ – 133^\circ = 47^\
circ$$
- Answer: 104^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 104^\circ, the opposite angle is also 104^\circ. - Answer: 71^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 109^\circ = 71^\circ - Answer: 63^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 117^\circ = 63^\circ - Answer: 45^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 135^\circ = 45^\circ - Answer: 125^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 125^\circ, the opposite angle is also 125^\circ. - Answer: 137^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 43^\circ = 137^\circ - Answer: 67^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 67^\circ, the opposite angle is also 67^\circ. - Answer: 86^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 94^\circ = 86^\circ - Answer: 140^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 140^\circ, the opposite angle is also 140^\circ. - Answer: 30^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 150^\circ = 30^\circ - Answer: 9^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 171^\circ = 9^\circ - Answer: 123^\circ
Explanation: Vertical angles are equal. If one angle is 123^\circ, the opposite angle is also 123^\circ. - Answer: 81^\circ
Explanation: Supplementary angles add up to 180^\circ.
180^\circ – 99^\circ = 81^\circ
This set of questions and answers covers a comprehensive range of problems involving vertical and supplementary angles, with clear explanations based on the key properties of these angles.