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Does anyone know how to solve this? My assignment is due soon. It is about transversals of parallel lines: solve for x.

Does anyone know how to solve this? My assignment is due soon. It is about transversals-example-1
User Wei Hu
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X=5 because if you do the math all the way around and subtract you get 5
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X is 5
2x+41 = 51
Subtract 41 from both sides
2x = 10
Divide by 2
X =5