Answer:
x = 14
Step-by-step explanation:
Extend line AB so that it intersects ray CE at point G. Then angles BGC and BAD are "alternate interior angles", hence congruent.
The angle at B is exterior to triangle BCG, and is equal to the sum of the interior angles at C and G:
138 = (376 -23x) +(x^2 -8x)
Subtracting 138 and collecting terms we have ...
x^2 -31x +238 = 0
For your calculator, a=1, b=-31, c=238.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
You will find that the solutions to this are x = {14, 17}. You will also find that angle BCE will have corresponding values of 54° and -15°. That is, the solution x=17 is "extraneous." It is a solution to the equation, but not to the problem.
For x=14, the marked angles are A = 84°, C = 54°.
Answer:
An = 32 - (4*(n-1))
Step-by-step explanation:
the starting term for this pattern is 32 (which you will need to include in the "rule")
you also know that the next term is the previous term - 4
so!
we can write this pattern as
An = 32 - (4*(n-1))
An = any number of term in the pattern
- ex). A2 = 28, A3 = 24, etc
n = the nth term
- the 3rd term = 24, the fourth term = 20, etc
