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What is angle S and what is angle U?

What is angle S and what is angle U?-example-1

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Answer:


m\angle S=119^\circ,
m\angle U=87^\circ

Explanation:

Since
STUVW \sim HIJFG, we know that


m\angle S=m\angle H and
m\angle U=m\angle J

since corresponding angles in similar triangles are equal in measure.

Therefore, looking at the second diagram, we see


m\angle H=119^\circ and
m\angle J=87^\circ.

Plugging these values into the equations we found in the first step, we get


m\angle S=m\angle H=119^\circ and
m\angle U=m\angle J=87^\circ.

So, we have
\boxed{m\angle S=119^\circ} and
\boxed{m\angle U=87^\circ}.

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