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Help please and can you try to explain so I get it

Help please and can you try to explain so I get it-example-1
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9514 1404 393

Answer:

∠2 = 92°

Explanation:

The angles marked with expressions in x are "alternate interior" angles, so are congruent.

-8x +144 = 2x +74

70 = 10x . . . . . . . . . . add 8x-74 to both sides

7 = x . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 10

The angles adjacent to angle 2 are ...

2x +74 = 2(7) +74 = 88 . . . . degrees

Angle 2 is the other angle of the linear pair with angle 2x+74 (or angle 1), so is ...

∠2 = 180° -88°

∠2 = 92°

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