Question

Find the value of x in the triangle shown below. x = 98° 27°

Answer 1

Answer: 55

Step-by-step explanation: There is one simple theorem we need to know in order to solve for this.

Triangle Angle-Sum Property: All three angles interior angles of a triangle add up to 180°.

Thus, we could label the points A, B, and C, and set up an algebraic expression.

Let A = 27, B = 98, and C = x.

A + B + C = 180°.

Substituting A, B, and C we get:

27 + 98 + x = 180°.

Adding, we get:

125 + x = 180°

Subtracting 125 by 180, we get:

x = 55°

Thus, the angle X is 55°.

We could have simply solved this by just doing 180 - 98 - 27 = 55 in the first place, but I wanted to show you how I got such results.