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I do have a doubt !
Corresponding angle means the angle made on its side?


No. "Corresponding angles" is a technical term from Euclidean Geometry. It's the name of a particular pair of angles formed when a transversal crosses a pair of parallel lines.
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The following pairs are corresponding angles
1 & 5
2 & 6
3 & 7
4 & 8
Corresponding angles are congruent if and only if the lines are parallel.

The following pairs are alternate interior angles
3 & 6
4 & 5
Alternate interior angles are congruent if and only if the lines are parallel

The following pairs are alternate exterior angles
1 & 8
2 & 7
Alternate exterior angles are congruent if and only if the lines are parallel

The following pairs are same side interior angles
3 & 5
4 & 6
Same side interior angles are supplementary if and only if the lines are parallel

The following pairs are same side exterior angles
1 & 7
2 & 8
Same side exterior angles are supplementary if and only if the lines are parallel

Those are all the names relating pairing an angle at one vertex with an angle at the other vertex, when a transversal intersects a pair of parallel lines.

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In the figure above, QRS is a straight line and QR = PR. Is it true that lines TR and PQ parallel?

(1) Length PQ = Length PR
(2) Line TR bisects angle PRS


Ans: For lines TR and PQ to be parallel angle PQR= angle TRS. From statement 1 we get angle PQR=x=60 but nothing about angle TRS.
From statement 2 we get PRQ=180-2X , therefore PRS=180-(180-2x)=2x and TR bisects it so angle TRS=x which is equal to PQR. Therefore the answer is (B).
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Let's solve. So we need to know if TR is parallel to PQ.

Now then, let's hit the first statement. We are told that PQ=QR. Now we know that PQR is an equilateral triangle but still no info on TR. Therefore, insufficient.

Statement 2, we have that TR bisects PRS. Now let's see. So we know that QR=PR from the question stem. Hence angle QRP is 180-2x, 'x' being the angles P and Q respecively. Therefore angle PRS will be 2x since QRS is a straight line with total measure of 180 degrees. Now if TRS bisects then angle TRS is x only. Which means that the angles Q and R are equal and thus PQ // TR.

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In the figure above, QRS is a straight line and QR = PR. Is it true that lines TR and PQ parallel?

(1) Length PQ = Length PR
(2) Line TR bisects angle PRS


(1) this tells us that all 3 sides are equal = Equilateral Triangle. Not sufficient, as there is no info about TR
(2) Now look at the attachment, I'll use the property of the "Exterior Angles of a Triangle" Angle Y is the sum of the angles on the both sides of TR

Exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the opposite interior angles

Angle Y=2X and if TR bisects angle Y it means that Angle TRS = \(\frac{Y}{2}=\frac{2X}{2}=X\) and when this two angles of to different triangles are equal then QP and TR are parallel.
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