Constructing Angles Practice

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Question
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Two angles with vertices upper A and upper B. Two rays extend indefinitely from each vertex.

Sam constructed ∠B
as a copy of ∠A
using a straightedge and compass. If the measure of ∠A
is 42 degrees, what is the measure of ∠B
?

(1 point)
The measure of the copy of the angle that Sam created is
degrees.

1 answer

If Sam constructed ∠B as a copy of ∠A using a straightedge and compass, then the measure of ∠B will be the same as the measure of ∠A. Since the measure of ∠A is 42 degrees, the measure of ∠B is also 42 degrees.

Therefore, the measure of the copy of the angle that Sam created is 42 degrees.