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Find the values of x and y

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Answer:

x = 22

y = 59

Explanation:

You want the values of x and y as shown in the figure where angles (2x)° and (y-15)° are vertical angles, and (2x)° and (2x+2)° are complementary.

Complementary angles

Two angles are complementary when their sum is 90°.

(2x)° +(2x+2)° = 90°

4x = 88 . . . . . . . . . . . divide by °, subtract 2

x = 22

Vertical angles

Vertical angles have the same measure:

(2x)° = (y -15)°

2·22 = y -15 . . . . . . divide by °, substitute for x

59 = y . . . . . . . . . add 15

The value of x is 22.

The value of y is 59.

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