Question

An equilateral triangle has an angle represented by the expression 15x-23. What is the value of x? Answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth if not an integer.

Your Answer:

Answer 1

The value of x in the equation 15x-23 = 60, representing an angle in an equilateral triangle, is approximately 5.53.

Step-by-step explanation:

An equilateral triangle has three equal angles.

Since we know one of the angles is represented by the expression 15x-23,

we can set this equal to 60 degrees (since all three angles in an equilateral triangle are 60 degrees).

15x-23 = 60

Now, we can solve the equation for x:

15x = 83

x ≈ 5.53 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)