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Please help! What is the value of x? (No links, I just need an answer and help..)

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Please help! What is the value of x? (No links, I just need an answer and help..) Answer-example-1

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Answer:

x = 50

Explanation:

The sum of exterior angles of a convex polygon is 360°.

130° + x° + 30° + 100° + x° = 360°

2x° = 100° . . . . . . . . . subtract 260° and collect terms

x = 50 . . . . . . . . divide by 2°

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Additional comment

If you reduce each side length to nothing, then you find the angles are measured around a central point. It becomes more clear that their sum is 360°.