Glossary (Version 8.4)

Co-interior angles lie between two lines and on the same side of a transversal.

In each diagram the two marked angles are called co-interior angles.

If the two lines are parallel, then co-interior angles add to give 180o and so are supplementary. In the diagram below the angles ∠CGF and ∠AFG are supplementary.

Conversely, if a pair of angles are supplementary, then the lines are parallel. Line segment CD is parallel to line segment AB, because ∠CGF + ∠AFG = 180°.