Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - Indirect Proof - Exercises - Page 85: 23

Answer

Assume that the angles are vertical angles. If they are vertical angles, then they are congruent. But this contradicts the hypothesis that the two angles are not congruent. Hence, the assumption must be false, and the angles are not vertical angles.

Work Step by Step

Work cannot be shown for a proof. Logic is the only work done in such instances. Such work takes place mentally, and therefore cannot be shown.
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