{"id":244494,"date":"2025-07-05T07:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=244494"},"modified":"2025-07-05T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T07:37:30","slug":"classify-the-angle-shown-on-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/05\/classify-the-angle-shown-on-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Classify the angle shown on the right."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

d. None of these 2. Classify the angle shown on the right. a. right b. acute c. obtuse d. straight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is b. acute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To classify the angle shown in the image, we must determine its type based on its measurement. Angles are typically categorized into four main types: acute, right, obtuse, and straight. Understanding the definition of each type is key to correctly identifying the angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Right Angle:<\/strong>\u00a0A right angle measures exactly 90 degrees. It forms a perfect corner, like the corner of a square or a book. It is often indicated by a small square symbol at the vertex, although not always.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Acute Angle:<\/strong>\u00a0An acute angle is an angle that measures less than 90 degrees. It appears “sharper” or smaller than a right angle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Obtuse Angle:<\/strong>\u00a0An obtuse angle measures more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees. It is wider or more open than a right angle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Straight Angle:<\/strong>\u00a0A straight angle measures exactly 180 degrees, forming a perfectly straight line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now, let’s analyze the angle in the image, which can be named \u2220DEF, with its vertex at point E. To classify it, we can visually compare it to a 90-degree right angle. If we imagine a perfectly vertical line and a perfectly horizontal line meeting at vertex E, they would form a right angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the given figure, the ray EF is nearly vertical. However, the ray ED is not horizontal; instead, it points upwards and to the left. The opening between ray ED and ray EF is clearly smaller than the 90-degree opening of a right angle. Because the measure of \u2220DEF is less than 90 degrees, it fits the definition of an acute angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Therefore, the other options are incorrect. It is not a right angle because it doesn’t form a perfect 90-degree corner. It is not an obtuse angle because it is smaller, not wider, than a right angle. Finally, it is not a straight angle because the two rays do not form a straight line. The correct classification for the given angle is acute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    d. None of these 2. Classify the angle shown on the right. a. right b. acute c. obtuse d. straight The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is b. acute. Explanation: To classify the angle shown in the image, we must determine its type based on its measurement. Angles are typically categorized into four […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}