Look at the quadrilateral below.
Calculate the size of angle .
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Look at the quadrilateral below.
Calculate the size of angle .
To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:
Now, let's work through each step:
Step 1: The angles of quadrilateral ABCD are given as follows:
, , , and .
According to the angle sum property of a quadrilateral, we have:
Step 2: Simplify and solve for :
Combine like terms:
This simplifies to:
Subtract 12 from both sides:
Divide both sides by 12 to isolate :
Step 3: Substitute into the expression for :
Therefore, the measure of angle or is 27 degrees.
27
Is DE side in one of the triangles?
A quadrilateral can be divided into two triangles by drawing a diagonal. Since each triangle has angles summing to 180°, the quadrilateral has !
Look at the diagram carefully! Each angle is labeled with its expression. In this problem: ∠A = 2x+8, ∠B = 3x-4, ∠C = 6x+10, and ∠D = x-2.
Check your arithmetic! In geometry problems, x usually gives positive angle measures. If x is negative, one or more angles might be negative, which isn't possible for interior angles.
∠BDC and ∠D refer to the same angle - the interior angle at vertex D. The three-letter notation just specifies the rays forming the angle more precisely.
Your angle should be between 0° and 180° for a convex quadrilateral. Since 27° falls in this range, it's reasonable. Also verify that x = 29 makes all four angles positive!
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