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John Travolta flew his plane last weekend. What would be the angle measure of∠x when his plane reached an altitude of 2500m?

John Travolta flew his plane last weekend. What would be the angle measure of∠x when-example-1

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Answer:

67°

Explanation:

Ignore the 2500m for now.

To find angle x, we know that the sum of the degrees in a triangle is 180. We see that under the 2500m there is a square, indicating that the angle is 90 degrees.
So we can do 180-23-90 = 67.

Therefore, the angle measure of ∠x is 67°

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