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Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. What is the measure of angle A?

Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. What is the measure of angle A?-example-1
User Racooon
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Hello,

When we have a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle the opposite angles are supplementary.

Therefore, we can write and solve the following equation:
4x + 5 + x + 15 = 180
5x + 20 = 180
5x = 160
x = 32

Then, you substitute in 32 for x in the expression for A, you will have:
4(32) + 5
128 + 5
133

The measure of angle A is 133 degrees.

Good luck,
MrEQ

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