Given: WY> YX Prove: mZZWY > mzYWX Z W Proof: Because WY> YX, mzWXY Select Choice #mZYWX because if one side of a triangle is longer than another side, then the angle opposite the longer side has a Select Choice the angle opposite the shorter side. But because mZZWY Select Choice mzWXY, by the Exterior Angle Theorem, mzZWY> m2YWX by the Select Choice Property.
Given: WY> YX Prove: mZZWY > mzYWX Z W Proof: Because WY> YX, mzWXY Select Choice #mZYWX because if one side of a triangle is longer than another side, then the angle opposite the longer side has a Select Choice the angle opposite the shorter side. But because mZZWY Select Choice mzWXY, by the Exterior Angle Theorem, mzZWY> m2YWX by the Select Choice Property.
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