Types of Angles - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

Remember that an acute angle is smaller than 90 degrees, an obtuse angle is larger than 90 degrees, and a straight angle equals 180 degrees.

Since the lines are perpendicular to each other, the marked angles are right angles each equal to 90 degrees.

To find the size of the missing angle, we will use the property that the sum of angles on a straight line is $180^\circ$. Given that one angle is $80^\circ$, we can calculate the missing angle using the following steps:

• Step 1: Recognize that the given angle $\alpha = 80^\circ$ and the missing angle $\beta$ form a straight line.
• Step 2: Use the angle sum property for a straight line: $\alpha + \beta = 180^\circ$
• Step 3: Substitute the known value: $80^\circ + \beta = 180^\circ$
• Step 4: Solve for the missing angle $\beta$: $\beta = 180^\circ - 80^\circ = 100^\circ$

Therefore, the size of the missing angle is $100^\circ$.

Note that in drawing B, the two lines form a right angle, which is an angle of 90 degrees:

While the angle in drawing A is greater than 90 degrees:

Therefore, the angle in drawing A is larger.

Answer B is correct because the more closed the angle is, the more acute it is (less than 90 degrees), meaning it's smaller.

The more open the angle is, the more obtuse it is (greater than 90 degrees), meaning it's larger.

The angle in diagram (a) is more acute, meaning it is smaller:

Conversely, the angle in diagram (b) is more obtuse, making it larger.