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I need help with this. it’s just geometry

I need help with this. it’s just geometry-example-1
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Answer:

27. 48°, 132°

28. The expressions resolve to both angles being 0°, a contradiction to the lines being distinct.

Explanation:

Given a figure showing parallel lines crossed by a transversal with marked angles, you want to know (27) the measures of consecutive interior angles that have a ratio of 4:11, and (28) the contradiction in corresponding angles being marked (60-2x)° and (2x-60)°.

27. Algebra.

The two marked angles are consecutive interior angles, so are supplementary. Using x for the smaller angle value, we can write the equation ...

x/(180-x) = 4/11 . . . . . the given ratio of the two angles

Multiplying by 11(180-x) gives ...

11x = 4(180-x)

15x = 4(180) . . . . add 4x and simplify

x = 48 . . . . . . . . divide by 15

Then the obtuse angle is ...

180 -48 = 132

The measures of the angles are ∠1 = 48°, ∠2 = 132°.

2. Error Analysis.

The two marked corresponding angles are congruent, so ...

(60 -2x)° = (2x -60)°

4x = 120 . . . . . . . . . . . divide by °, add 2x+60

x = 30 . . . . . . . . . . divide by 4

60 -2x = 60 -2(30) = 0

2x -60 = 2(30) -60 = 0

The marked values require the angles to be 0°, which means the transversal is coincident with each of the "parallel" lines.

The given angle values require the lines not to be distinct, as the diagram shows they are.

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