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Find the value of x and 3x

Find the value of x and 3x-example-1
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Explanation:

remember, the sum of all angles in a triangle is always 180°.

now let's consider the white, "cut-out" triangle on the left side.

the purple one angles at the top and bottom corner are 45°.

the withe outer angles at the same corners (they are the inner angles for the white triangle) are complementary angles (together they have 90°) to the purple ones, because due to the equal angles at the top and bottom we know the connection between the 2 45° angles (the white baseline) is at a 90° angle to the 45° to 135° sides.

so the 2 baseline angles of the left white triangle are also 45° (45+45 = 90).

and that means that the third white angle is

180 - 45 - 45 = 90°.

and because a full circle around the 3x° point must have 360° (as any full circle), we know that both angles (90° and 3x°) together are 360°.

360 = 90 + 3x

270 = 3x

x = 90°

3x = 270°

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