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Instructions: Given the following image of two parallel lines cut by a transversal, find

the value of a
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Instructions: Given the following image of two parallel lines cut by a transversal-example-1
User Jazline
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Explanation:

Here,

7x-6=5x+10 (as it has given already that alternate exterior angle are equal.

now, simplifying,

or,7x-5x = 10+6.

or, 2x=16

or, x=16/2

Therefore the value of x is 8.

i hope it helps.....

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