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What is the value of x?

What is the value of x?-example-1
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Answer: x = 75

Step-by-step explanation: The first thing to note is that what we have here is a quadrilateral. In other words, all the internal angles sum up to 360°. Also take note that the figure is a parallelogram, which means two sides are parallel to each other. Line AD is parallel to BC, and line DC is parallel to AB. That makes angle D equal to angle B (alternate angles), and angle A equals Angle C.

If the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral equals 360, then

x + (x + 30) + x + (x + 30) = 360

x + x + 30 + x + x + 30 = 360

Collecting like terms, we have

x + x + x + x + 30 + 30 = 360

4x + 60 = 360

Subtract 60 from both sides of the equation

4x = 300

Divide both sides of the equation by 4

x = 75.

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