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What is the value of x

What is the value of x-example-1
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Answer:

x = 25

Explanation:

The measure of an inscribed angle in a circle is half the measure of the arc it subtends. The acute angles in a right triangle are complementary.

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Inscribed angle CAD is half the measure of arc CD, so is 80°/2 = 40°.

Acute angle 2x° is the complement of angle CAD in the right triangle shown, so we have ...

2x° = 90° -40° = 50°

x = 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 2°

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