Question

In the following diagram, BC is parallel to DE.

What is the measure of X?
Angles are not necessarily drawn to scale

Answer 1

Your answer would be 37°

Explanation:

Since BC and DE are parallel, certain angles will be the same, such as the missing interior angle of the triangle and ∠DAF, which will also have the same measure as x.

We know that the sum of all of the interior angles of a triangle must equal 180°. So, we add 41 and 102 to get 143. This means that the missing interior angle must be 37°, since 37+143=180.

As mentioned above, because BC and DE are parallel, the missing interior angle has the same measure as ∠DAF, which is a vertical angle to x, and therefore also has the same measure. So, the measure of x is 37°.

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