difference between alt interior angles and alt exterior angles

Alternative interior angle

When a line (called a transversal) intersects a pair of parallel lines alternative interior angles are fo he Alternate Interior Angles Theorem states that

When two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the resulting alternate interior angles are congruent.

 

alt interior angles alt interior angles rmed. Alternate interior angles are equal to each other.

 

Alternative exterior angle

One way to remember alternate exterior angles is that they are the vertical angles of the alternate interior angles. Alternate exterior angles are equal to one another.

The Alternate Exterior Angles Theorem states that

When two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the resulting alternate exterior angles are congruent.
alt exterior angles

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