Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 12 - Review - Page 443: 5

Answer

$x=20$.

Work Step by Step

Since the angles 1 and 2 are supplementary angles, we know they add up to $180^{\circ}$ $$\angle 1 + \angle 2=180^{\circ}\Longrightarrow 4x+5+2x+55=180$$ Thus $6x+60=180$ $6x=120$ Now solve for $x$: $x=20$.
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