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How do I find the measure of angle 2?

How do I find the measure of angle 2?-example-1

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Answer:

∠2 = 60°

Explanation:

You want the measure of angle 2, where angles 1 and 2 form a linear pair and are marked ∠1 = 5x-5, and ∠2 = 2x+10. You are shown that x=25 and angle 1 is 120°.

Angle 2

There are two ways you can find the measure of angle 2.

1. Use the fact that angle 2 is supplementary to angle 1, which is given as 120°.

∠2 = 180° -∠1 = 180° -120°

∠2 = 60°

2. Use the expression in x to find angle 2, since you know the value of x.

∠2 = 2x +10 = 2(25) +10 = 50 +10

∠2 = 60°

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Additional comment

It looks like you have figured out how to find x. You use the fact that the total of the two angle measures of a linear pair of angles is 180°.

(5x -5) +(2x +10) = 180

7x = 175 . . . . . . subtract 5

x = 25 . . . . . . . divide by 7

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