Answer:
∠AEB=42
Step-by-step explanation:
∠AEB and ∠BEC are inside of ∠AEC.
∠AEC is a right angle, Since ∠AEC and ∠CED are on a straight line, they must add to 180 degrees. ∠CED is a right angle (the little square in the corner tell us this), so ∠AEC must also be a right angle. This is because a right angle is 90 degrees (∠CED+∠AEC=180 --> 90+∠AEC=180 --> ∠AEC=90)
Therefore, the 2 angles (AEB and BEC) inside of ∠AEC must add to 90 degrees.
∠AEB+ ∠BEC= 90
We know that ∠BEC=48
∠AEB+48=90
We want to find out what ∠AEB is. We must get ∠AEB by itself. 48 is being added, and the inverse of addition is subtraction. Subtract 48 from both sides.
∠AEB+48-48=90-48
∠AEB=90-48
∠AEB=42
