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Help me please! Click on pic to see it

3. CAT & TAG form a linear pair.
If mCAT=45 is the measure and mTAG=5x+2 find X



Draw angles CAT and TAG
(Please label all points CATG and angle measures given.



Find value if X.

Help me please! Click on pic to see it 3. CAT & TAG form a linear pair. If mCAT-example-1
User Alexander Sergeyev
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Linear pair means 180°


\\ \sf\longmapsto 5x+2+45=180


\\ \sf\longmapsto 5x+47=180


\\ \sf\longmapsto 5x=180-47=133


\\ \sf\longmapsto x=(133)/(5)


\\ \sf\longmapsto x=26.6

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