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Find x and y

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Find x and y Please help-example-1
User Quaffel
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Answer is x= 20, y=100

Step by step

First we know the Exterior Angle Theorem Formula says the sum of the exterior angle = the sum of two non-adjacent interior opposite angles. So

Exterior angle = 7x - 40
Two interior angles = 3x and 2x

Solve
7x - 40 = 3x + 2x
Simplify

7x - 40 = 5x
Subtract 7x from both sides to combine x

7x - 7x -40 = 5x - 7x
Simplify

-40 = -2x
Divide both sides by -2 to solve for x

-40/-2 = -2 /-2 x

20 = x

Now we can solve for y, since y is a vertical angle to the exterior angle they are congruent or the same

7x - 40 = y
Substitute value of x

7 (20) - 40 = y
Multiply

140 - 40 = y
Subtract

100 = y
User Rakesh G R
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