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Find the value of x.
42°
(5x + 2)

Find the value of x. 42° (5x + 2)-example-1
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The value of x is 8

This is because the two angles are alternate interior angles so they are equal to each other

This means that you can create the equation 5x+2=42

This can be simplified to 5x=40 and even further to x=8
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