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What is the value for y?

What is the value for y?-example-1
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y = 14 If it’s equilateral then the bottom 2 are the same so it would be 50 + 50 = 100 and because a triangle adds up into 180 then the last angle is 80 degrees and we would then make 5y + 10= 80 we would simplify

5y + 10 - 10 = 80 - 10
5y/5 = 70/5
y = 14
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