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Given the pictue below, find the value of x.x 2y + 103y -50

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x = 50 degrees.

Step-by-step explanation

To solve this, we need to first explain vertically opposite angles.

Vertically opposite angles are angles that are directly opposite each other at the point where two lines cross each other. And vertically opposite angles are equal to each other if the two line crossing each other are straight lines.

From the image attached, we can see that

(3y - 50) and (2y + 10) are vertically opposite angles. So,

3y - 50 = 2y + 10

3y - 2y = 10 + 50

y = 60 degrees

Also noting that the sum of angles at a point is 360 degrees.

The unlabelled fourth space is a vertically opposite angle with x. So, we can write that

x + x + 3y - 50 + 2y + 10 = 360

2x + 5y - 40 = 360

Recall that y = 60 degrees

2x + 5y - 40 = 360

2x + 5 (60) - 40 = 360

2x + 300 - 40 = 360

2x + 260 = 360

2x = 360 - 260

2x = 100

Divide both sides by 2

(2x/2) = (100/2)

x = 50 degrees.

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