Solution is on the picture.
3.579 is greater.
It is relatively closer to 4 than the other number. 3 and 3 are equal, 5 and 5 are equal, but 7 is greater than 6. Hope this helps :)
This problem is accompanied by a figure.
You can infere these relationships from the figure
(x-5)° = 74° => x = 74 + 5 = 79°
(x-5)° + 58° + (y-1)° = 180 ° => 74 + 58 + y-1 = 180 =>
y = 180 + 1 - 58 - 74 = 47°
Answer: x = 79°, y = 47°. This is the option d)
So to find the answer you want to isolate the y. So the first thing you want to do is to move everything to the opposite side of the = sign. You start by adding 10 to both sides.
10+ 5y -10 = -25 +10
5y = -15.
the tens cancel out on the left side and on the right you get left with -15/
Since y is being multiplied by 5 you always want to do the opposite so you divide by 5.
5y/5 = -15/5
y = -3
It's hard to explain but you just have to remember that what you do to one side you must do to the other to keep the equation balanced.
