Question

The sum of the measures of angle M and angle R is 90°.

• The measure of angle M is (5x + 10)°.
• The measure of angle R is 55°.
What is the value of x?

Answer 1

The value of x would be 5

Explanation:

(for future reference if you have questions like this it’s better to fill in numbers for x to be able to answer the question)

So you want to fill in x with a number. In this case in order for this equation to be right you fill x with 5.

So 5(5)+10=35

And to check your answer to make sure it’s right you would add the measure of angle R which is 55 to the measure of angle M which is 35.

55+35 is 90. Which makes your answer for x correct :) hopefully this makes sense.