Adjacent Angles Property: Relationship Between Acute and Obtuse Pairs

Question

If two adjacent angles are not right angles, then one of them is obtuse and the other is acute.

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Determine true or false
00:04 We will draw adjacent angles
00:07 The angles necessarily sum to 180 (straight angle)
00:13 Therefore if they are not equal, necessarily one is acute and the other is obtuse
00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve the problem, let’s consider the nature of adjacent angles:

  • Step 1: Adjacent angles are two angles that share a common side and vertex. If two adjacent angles form a straight line, their measures sum up to 180180^\circ.
  • Step 2: According to the problem, neither angle is a right angle, meaning neither is 9090^\circ.
  • Step 3: Given this constraint, analyze the possibilities:
    • If one angle is acute (less than 9090^\circ), then the other must be more than 9090^\circ to make the total 180180^\circ. Therefore, the other angle is obtuse.
    • If one angle is obtuse (greater than 9090^\circ), then the other must be less than 9090^\circ to make the total 180180^\circ. Thus, the other angle is acute.

Since both scenarios involve one angle being acute and the other obtuse, we verify that the statement is correct.

Therefore, the statement is true.

Answer

True