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What are the measures of Angles a, b, and c? Show your work and explain your answers.

What are the measures of Angles a, b, and c? Show your work and explain your answers-example-1
User Guddu
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Answer:

a= 40, b= 50, c= 115

Explanation:

a-

There is a theorem for a that gives you the answer:

Vertical angles are congruent

If the vertical angle of a is 40°, then a is also 40°.

That is what the theorem says.

b-

This one is kind of difficult, but let me break down the steps.

Now you already know that a is 40°, and the other angle besides b is a right angle because it shows a square, or 90°.

And now you need to know another law:

Every single triangle's angle adds up to 180°.

Now, this is basically a subtraction problem.

If two of the angles are there, and you know that all of the angles of a triangle add up to 180°, then you just need to know what 90 + 40 + x = 180 is

90 + 40 = 130

130 + x = 180

Subtract 130 from both sides

130 + x = 180

-130 -130

x=50, which means that all of the angles add up to 180°, or following the law.

c-

This one is different as well.

You can very clearly see that it is a straight line that crosses 65° and c.

There is one more law as well:

A straight line is 180°.

If that line that 65 degrees and c sits on is straight, that means that-

65 + x = 180, or

180 - 65 = x

180-65 = 115, and c=115.

It also follows that law; 115 + 65 = 180, which means that it is correct.

Hope this helps :)

-jp524

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