When you have two parallel lines being cut by a transversal, you can use the next statements for the angles:
The measurement of the angles in green is the same (are congruents)
The measurement of the angles in blue is the same (are congruents)
An angle in green is a complementary angle with an angle in blue. (The addition of the two angles has to be 180º)
You know that:
As the angle 3 is congruent with angle 2:
Answer:
A. 23+x=140
Step-by-step explanation:
The angle addition postulate states that the measure of a larger angle formed by two or more smaller angles placed side by side is the the sum of the smaller angles. The angle addition postulate states that if B is in the interior of AOC , then:
m∠AOB + m∠BOC = m∠AOC.
From the image:
∠NOP = ∠NOQ + ∠QOP
∠NOP = 140, ∠NOQ = x, ∠QOP = 23
substituting:
140 = x + 23
x = 140 - 23 = 117
∠NOQ = 117°
