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When the sum of the measures of two angles is 180°, the angles are called________.

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a

Supplementary angles

b

Vertically opposite angles

c

Adjacent angles

d

Complementary angles

answer is B.

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If the sums of two angles are 180°  the angles are called Supplementary angles.

For example, 

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In the given figure, the measure of angle AOB  is 150 and that of angle AOC is 30o.  The sum of the measure of both angles is 150 + 30o.  = 180o. So these angles are called supplementary angles.

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When the sum of the measures of two angles is 180°, the angles are called________.