Question

Find the value of x and y

Answer 1

What do we know about these angles? Immediately, you might notice that (4y-8)° and (16x-4)° share a line. The same is true of (16x-4)° and (14x+4)°. Any straight line forms what's called a straight angle, which measures 180°, so we know that, since they add up to form a straight angle, (14x+4)° and (16x-4)° must add up to 180°. We can use that fact to set up an equation to solve for x:

(14x+4)+(16x-4)=180

After you solve for x, you should look to solve for y. How can we figure out what y is? If you're familiar with the vertical angle theorem, you'll know that all vertical angles (angles that are directly across from each other diagonally) are equal. So we know that 14x+4=4y-8. You can use the value of x you solved for before to solve this one fairly easily, and then you'll have both values.