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Find X so that l (double vertical line) m.Show your work.

Find X so that l (double vertical line) m.Show your work.-example-1
User Caskey
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If l and m are parallel, this means that the angles I'm going to show you in red must be equal:

So what I'm saying is that:


\alpha=7x+5

Also, since the angle under alpha and the angle (5x+19) are supplementary:


\beta+(5x+19)=180º

And, as you can see, beta and alpha are supplementary too, so:


\alpha+\beta=180º

From the second equation we clear beta:


\beta=180º-(5x+19)

And we replace it in the equation of beta and alpha. Also, we have to replace alpha with the expression in the first equation:


\alpha+\beta=(7x+5)º+(180º-(5x+19)º)=180º

And then, we just clear the x:

I'll take the parenthesis out.


7x+5+180-5x-19=180

We group the x and add up the constants:


(7x-5x)+(5+180-19)=180
2x+166=180

166 goes to the other side as a substraction and the 2 goes dividing:


x=(180-166)/(2)

Finally, the value of x is:


x=7

Find X so that l (double vertical line) m.Show your work.-example-1
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