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Given Circle B Below,find the value of x? the vertex is 2x-17 and the arc is 3x+10

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EXPLANATION

By the Angles Subtended in Circles Theorem, we can assevere that 2x-10 is a half the measure of the angle 3x + 10.

2x - 17 = (1/2) (3x + 10)

Applying the distributive property:

2x - 17 = 1.5x + 5

Subtracting -1.5x to both sides:

2x - 1.5x - 19 = 5

Adding +19 to both sides:

0.5x = 5 + 17

Adding numbers:

0.5x = 22

Dividing both sides by 0.5:

x = 22/0.5

Simplifying:

x = 44

The answer is x=44

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