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The angles below are supplementary. What is the value of x?

A pair of supplementary angles is shown. One angle measures 6x plus 48 degrees, and the other angle measures 60 degrees.

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The angles below are supplementary. What is the value of x? A pair of supplementary-example-1
User Bribeiro
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Answer:

I think C please correct me if im wrong

Explanation:

User Pavel Sich
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Since the angles are supplementary, we know that they must add up to equal 180 degrees by the definition of supplementary angles

set the sum of the 2 angles to equal 180 and solve for x

6x + 48 + 60 = 180
6x + 108 = 180
6x = 72
x = 12

you could check to make sure that your x value is correct by plugging it back into the equation

6(12) + 48 + 60 = 180
72 + 48 + 60 = 180
120 + 60 = 180
180= 180

hope this helped!
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