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What is the value of x in the figure?

What is the value of x in the figure?-example-1
User Yoshimitsu
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Answer:

145 = 2x + 15

2x = 130

x = 65

145 and 2x + 15 are vertical angles and therefore congruent.

User Umesh CHILAKA
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Those are vertical angles so both sides need to be equal.

2x+15 = 145

Subtract 15 from both sides:

2x = 130

Divide both sides by 2:

x = 65

User JonoW
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