IN MATH: 1. adj. sharing a common side or vertex. EX. Angle ABC and angle CBD are adjacent because they share side BC.

IN ENGLISH:1. adj. next to each other, 2. as defined above. EX. The apartments were adjacent.

APPLICATION: See list 260.

1. The sum of the measures of two adjacent angles is 48°. One angle is 20° greater than the other. Find the measures of both angles.


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