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If ADEF ALJK, what is the m4D?KDV12mz D=42Ftype your answer...301.

If ADEF ALJK, what is the m4D?KDV12mz D=42Ftype your answer...301.-example-1
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Given that:


\Delta DEF\cong\Delta LJK,

we get that:


\begin{gathered} m\angle D=m\angle L, \\ m\angle E=m\angle J, \\ m\angle F=m\angle K. \end{gathered}

Now, recall that the interior angles of a triangle add up to 180°, therefore:


\begin{gathered} m\angle D+m\angle E+m\angle F=180^(\circ), \\ m\angle D=180^(\circ)-m\angle E-m\angle F. \end{gathered}

Substituting:


\begin{gathered} m\angle F=42^(\circ), \\ m\angle E=m\angle J=81^(\circ), \end{gathered}

in the previous equation, we get:


m\angle D=180^(\circ)-42^(\circ)-81^(\circ)=57^(\circ).

Answer:


m\angle D=57^(\circ).

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