Question

Find value of x
How do I find the solution to this?

Answer 1

3x+2+2x+5+2x-9=180(being linear pair)

7x-2=180

7x=180+2

x=182/7

x=26

Explanation:

Answer 2

Adding all of these should equal to 180 from the way the angle is set up.

So the equation should be:

(3x + 2) + (2x + 5) + (2x - 9) = 180

You can remove parentheses as it doesn’t affect the equation since it is all addition.

Let’s first add the common variables together.

3x + 2x + 2x = 7x
2 + 5 + (-9) = -2

So now we should have:

7x - 2 = 180

Now add 2 to both sides.

7x = 182

Divide both sides by 7 to isolate x.

x = 26

So x is 26.