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please help Use the following statement to answer ALL three parts of the question. Statement: If two angles are supplementary, then the angles are a linear pair

please help Use the following statement to answer ALL three parts of the question-example-1
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Explanation:

supplementary angles are two angles that are together 180°.

they don't have to be adjacent, but the fact that the 2 angles can be placed "randomly" in a scenario is rarely used, except maybe for intersection angles of a line with parallel lines.

a linear pair are 2 angles that are truly adjacent (neighbors, touching each other) that are together 180°.

so, our original statement is

if 2 angles are supplementary, then the angles are a linear pair.

that by itself is (as described) not true in all cases. angles can be non-adjacent (and therefore not a linear pair) and still be supplementary.

so the original statement is false.

(a)

the inverse is

if 2 angles are not supplementary, then the angles are not a linear pair.

that is true.

as per the definition, linear pair angles are a true subset of supplementary angles (every linear pair is a pair of supplementary angles, but not every pair of supplementary angles is a linear pair).

so, if they are not a member of the set of supplementary angles, they cannot be a member of a subset either.

(b)

the converse is

if 2 angles are a linear pair, then the angles are supplementary.

that is true.

because linear pair angles are a true subset of supplementary angles. if something is a member of a subset, it is also a member of any superset.

(c)

the contrapositive is

if 2 angles are not a linear pair, then the angles are not supplementary.

that is false.

as described, linear angles are a true subset of supplementary angles. so, an element can be outside a subset but still inside a superset.

like in the original example, 2 angles across intersected parallel lines can be supplementary, but they are not a linear pair.

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