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User YavgenyP
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Answer:

x = 20

Explanation:

3x+5° + 2x+18° + 2x+17° = 180° (sum of interior angles in a triangle is 180°)

collect like terms

3x + 2x + 2x + 5° + 18° + 17° = 180°

7x + 40° = 180°

solving for x

x = (180 - 40)/7

x = 140/7

x = 20

User ElectronicGeek
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Answer: x=20

Explanation:

If im wrong, sorry

The angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.

(3x+5)+(2x+17)+(2x+18)=180

add the ones alike

3x + 2x + 2x=7x

5+17+18=40

so, 7x+40=180

we need to get the variable by itself so we take away 40 first by subtracting it from both sides of the equal sign

7x=140

we take away 7 from x by dividing it- opposite of multiplication is division

x=20

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