In Fig. 8.45, OP, OQ, OR and OS are four rays, prove that:
∠POQ + ∠QOR + ∠SOR + ∠POS = 360°
Given that,
OP, OQ, OR and OS are four rays
You need to produce any of the rays OP, OQ, OR and OS backwards to a point T so that TOQ is a line.
Ray OP stands on line TOQ
∠TOP + ∠POQ = 180o (Linear pair) (i)
Similarly,
∠TOS + ∠SOQ =180o(ii)
∠TOS + ∠SOR + ∠OQR = 180o (iii)
Adding (i) and (iii), we get
∠TOP + ∠POQ + ∠TOS + ∠SOR + ∠QOR = 360o
∠TOP + ∠TOS = ∠POS
Therefore, ∠POQ + ∠QOR + ∠SOR +∠POS = 360o.