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What is the value of x?

What is the value of x?-example-1

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Answer:

x=14/3

Explanation:

According to the corresponding angles theorem, when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, the corresponding angles are congruent. These 3 lines are all parallel, so 70 = 12x +14.

Subtract 14 from both sides

56 = 12x

Divide both sides by 12

14/3 = x

x=14/3

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