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What is the value of a?

What is the value of a?-example-1
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Answer:

97

Explanation:

(a - 48) + a = a + 49

2a - 48 = a + 49

a = 97

We can do this because the angles of a triangle all add up to 180 and 2 angles of a line add up to 180.

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