Question

Activity 5: COMPARE US! Write an inequality relating the given pair of angles or segment measures. Complete each statement by choosing <, =, or >.

Answer 1

1. LM < PN

2. AD < DC

3. m<CAB < m<CBA

4. m<1 = m<2

Explanation:

Recall: an angle measure is relative to the length of the opposite side. That is, the longer the side opposite to an angle, the larger the measure of that angle and vice versa.

1. LM is opposite to <LNM,

PN is opposite to <NLP

m<LNM is less than m<NLP, therefore,

LM < PN

2. AD is opposite to <ABD

DC is opposite to <DBC

m<ABD is less than m<DBC, therefore,

AD < DC

3. m<CAB is opposite to CB

m<CBA is opposite to CA

CB is less than CA, therefore,

m<CAB < m<CBA

4. The side opposite to <1 is congruent to the side opposite to <2.

Therefore,

m<1 = m<2