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Find the value of x.

Find the value of x.-example-1
User Bo Sunesen
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Answer:

x = 36°

Explanation:

Where a transversal crosses parallel lines, any obtuse angle it creates is supplementary to any acute angle it creates:

3x +2x = 180°

5x = 180° . . . . . . . . . collect terms

x = 180°/5 = 36° . . . . . divide by 5

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