By definition, two angles are adjacent if they share one side and the vertex.
To determine if â 3 and â 4 are adjacent, you have to look at each image and determine if they share the vertex and one side:
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In this image â 3 and â 4 share, the vertex but they do not share one side, this indicates that these angles are not adjacent.
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In this image â 3 and â 4 share the vertex and one side (blue line), which indicates that they are adjacent angles.
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In this image â 3 and â 4 share one side (blue line) but each angle has its own vertex (green dots). You cannot conclude these angles are adjacent.
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Two angles are complementary of they add up to 90Âș, they don't necesarly have to be adjacent.
Any acute angle, meaning, any angle that measures less than 90Âș, has a complement.
For example, you have the following angles:
- If both â 1 and â 2 are acute angles and complementary, then we know that they add up to 90Âș:
[tex]\angle1+\angle2=90Âș[/tex]
-For example, â 1= 46Âș, then you can determine the measure of â 2 as follows:
[tex]\begin{gathered} \angle2=90Âș-\angle1 \\ \angle2=90-46 \\ \angle2=44Âș \end{gathered}[/tex]
Both â 1=46Âș and â 2=44Âș are acute and add up to 90Âș
-If one of the angles is a right angle, for example, â 2=90Âș, then no matter what measure does â 1 take, they will never add up to 90Âș.
We can say that right angles do not have a complement.
-If one of the measures of the angles is more than 90Âș (it is an obtuse angle), let's say, for example, â 1= 124Âș, no matter what measure â 2 has, if you add both angles, they will never add up to 90Âș.
So we can say that obtuse angles have no complements.
In conclusion, not all angles can have a complement, only acute angles have complements.
