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User Ixion
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Answer:

x = 21

Explanation:

The angle T is an exterior angle to the ∆RST, so will be equal to the sum of the remote interior angles:

T = 4x° +2x° = 6x°

T is also a same-side exterior angle with the one marked 54°, so is supplementary to that:

T + 54° = 180°

6x° + 54° = 180°

x + 9 = 30 . . . . . . . . divide by 6

x = 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . subtract 9

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Check

The triangle angles are ...

4x = 84°

2x = 42°

unmarked = 54°

Their sum is 84° +42° +54° = 180° . . . as it should be.

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