Definition of an acute angle

An acute angle is an angle that measures less than 90° 90° .

Acute angles can appear in triangles, parallelograms, and other geometric shapes where there is an angle less than 90° 90° degrees.

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Which of the 4 angles presented in the figure corresponds to the description of the acute angle?

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The correct answer is B) 40°

Practice Acute Angles

Examples with solutions for Acute Angles

Exercise #1

True or false?

One of the angles in a rectangle may be an acute angle.

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Step-by-Step Solution

One of the properties of a rectangle is that all its angles are right angles.

Therefore, it is not possible for an angle to be acute, that is, less than 90 degrees.

Answer

False

Exercise #2

True or false?

An acute angle is smaller than a right angle.

Step-by-Step Solution

The definition of an acute angle is an angle that is smaller than 90 degrees.

Since an angle that equals 90 degrees is a right angle, the answer is correct.

Answer

True

Exercise #3

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

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Step-by-Step Solution

The answer is correct because the sum of two acute angles will be less than 180 degrees and the sum of two obtuse angles will be greater than 180 degrees

Answer

True

Exercise #4

Which figure depicts a right angle?

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A right angle is equal to 90 degrees. In diagrams A+C, we see that the angle symbol is a symbol representing an angle that equals 90 degrees.

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Exercise #5

Which of the following angles are obtuse?

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Step-by-Step Solution

By definition, an obtuse angle is an angle that is greater than 90 degrees. We can see that in one drawing there is an angle of 90 degrees and therefore it is not an obtuse angle, the other two angles are less than 90 degrees meaning they are also not obtuse, they are acute angles.

Therefore, none of the answers is correct.

Answer

None of the options

Exercise #6

Choose the appropriate triangle according to the following:

Angle B equals 90 degrees.

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Step-by-Step Solution

Let's note in which of the triangles angle B forms a right angle, meaning an angle of 90 degrees.

In answers C+D, we can see that angle B is smaller than 90 degrees.

In answer A, it is equal to 90 degrees.

Answer

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Exercise #7

Which figure shows a right angle?

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Exercise #8

Which of the following angles is obtuse?

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Exercise #9

Which of the following angles is obtuse?

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Answer

91°

Exercise #10

Which of the following angles is straight?

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Exercise #11

Which of the following angles is a plane angle?

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Exercise #12

Which of the angles is not an obtuse angle?

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Exercise #13

Does the drawing show an adjacent angle?

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Answer

Not true

Exercise #14

Does the drawing show an adjacent angle?

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Answer

Not true

Exercise #15

Does the drawing show an adjacent angle?

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Answer

Not true

Topics learned in later sections

  1. Right angle
  2. Obtuse Angle
  3. Plane angle
  4. Angle Notation
  5. Angle Bisector
  6. Sides, Vertices, and Angles
  7. Types of Angles
  8. Sum and Difference of Angles
  9. Sum of Angles in a Polygon
  10. The Sum of the Interior Angles of a Triangle
  11. Exterior angles of a triangle