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Given m ∥ n, find the value of x.

Given m ∥ n, find the value of x.-example-1
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given that m is parallel to n,

the angle opposite (2x + 16)° is also (2x + 16)° as vertically opposite angles are equal.

using the corresponding angle rule we know that:

2x + 16 = 96

2x = 80

so x = 40

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