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Is this question possible? If it is, what can you add to make it possible?

Is this question possible? If it is, what can you add to make it possible?-example-1
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Answer:

  • not possible
  • the locations of the vertices of the marked angles need to be known relative to the arc subtended by the 34° angle.

Explanation:

Angle X depends on the separation of the parallel lines, and on the relative sizes of the longer arcs.

As is, there is insufficient information to find x.

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Label the points of intersection of the line segments with the circle A-D clockwise from the vertex of the 34° angle. Then, knowing the measures of either of the arcs adjacent to A, and either of the arcs adjacent to C will be sufficient to determine angle X.

If the line at C is extended across the circle to intersect at E, arcs CB and EA are congruent. The measure of angle X is the sum of arc CB and half of arc AB.

Is this question possible? If it is, what can you add to make it possible?-example-1
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