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Which solution for the value of x in the figure is incorrect?

Which solution for the value of x in the figure is incorrect?-example-1
User Leehbi
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x = 75 , making solution B incorrect

The shape given in the question is a trapezoid.

To be able to answer the question, we need to understand an important interior angle property of trapezoids

The property is that angles on the same side of the trapezoid facing each other are congruent.

What this means in plain terms is that they are equal

In the case of this question;

2x = x + 75

Collecting like terms, we have;

2x - x = 75

x = 75

This shows that solution B is incorrect

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