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Help!? Helping my son with geometry ... I have no clue what I’m doing here

Help!? Helping my son with geometry ... I have no clue what I’m doing here-example-1
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We are Given:

∠1 = 65°

Finding the measure of all other angles with proof:

∠2:

∠1 + ∠2 = 180° (angle 1 and 2 form a Linear Pair)

65 + ∠2 = 180 (Angle 1 = 65°)

∠2 = 180 - 65

∠2 = 115°

∠3:

∠1 = ∠3 (Angle 1 and 3 are vertically opposite)

65 = ∠3 (Angle 1 = 65°)

∠3 = 65°

∠4:

∠4 = ∠2 (Vertically opposite angles)

∠4 = 115° (∠2 = 115°)

∠5:

∠5 = ∠1 (Corresponding angles)

∠5 = 65° (∠1 = 65°)

∠6:

∠6 = ∠2 (Corresponding angles)

∠6 = 115° (∠2 = 115°)

∠7:

∠7 = ∠3 (Corresponding Angles)

∠7 = 65° (∠3 = 65°)

∠8:

∠8 = ∠4 (Corresponding angles)

∠8 = 115° (∠4 = 115°)

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