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Given the diagram below, solve for the value of x.

Given the diagram below, solve for the value of x.-example-1

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Answer: x = 53

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Step-by-step explanation:

Sides ED and FD are the same length due to the red tickmarks.

The angles opposite these side lengths, angle E and angle F, are congruent as well. So angle F is also x.

For any triangle, the three angles always add to 180

F+E+D = 180

x+x+74 = 180

2x+74 = 180

2x+74-74 = 180-74 .... subtract 74 from both sides

2x = 106

2x/2 = 106/2 ... divide both sides by 2

x = 53

As a check,

F+E+D = x+x+74 = 53+53+74 = 180

which verifies the answer.

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