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Given the figure below, find the figure of x and z

Given the figure below, find the figure of x and z-example-1
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The angle that measures 95° and angle z are supplementary, then

m∠z + 95° = 180°

m∠z = 180° - 95°

m∠z = 85°

The angle that measures 95° and the angle that measures (5x + 15)° are vertical angles, then they are congruent.

5x + 15 = 95

5x = 95 - 15

x = 80/5

x = 16

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