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Problem 267

Geometry Difficulty 1.5 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) · Canada · 2025

In the diagram, which of the following pairs of angles have
measures whose sum is equal to 180°180\degree?

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Opposite angles are equal in measure and so t=50°t=50\degree since it is opposite the angle whose measure is given as 50°50\degree. By a property of parallel lines, the angles whose measures are tt and xx form a "C pattern", and are supplementary. Thus t+x=180°t+x=180\degree or x=180°50°=130°x=180\degree-50\degree=130\degree. Since the angle whose measure is yy is opposite the angle whose measure is xx, then y=x=130°y=x=130\degree. Since t+y=50°+130°=180°t+y=50\degree+130\degree=180\degree, then from the given answers, tt and yy are the pair of angles whose measures sum to 180°180\degree. Of the answers given, we confirm that no other pair of angles have measures whose sum is 180°180\degree by
determining the measures of each of the missing angles, as shown.

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