For line l parallel to line m, the interior angles on the same side of the transversal should add upto 180° or in better words, they must be supplementary.
So, we can write that,
(2x + 6)° and 130° are supplementary.
⇛ 2x° + 6° + 130° = 180°
⇛ 2x° + 136° = 180°
⇛ 2x° = 44°
⇛ x° = 22°
The value of x for which line l is parallel to line m,
And we are done !!
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Given:
The base of 40-foot ladder is 8 feet from the wall.
To find:
How high is the ladder on the wall (round to the nearest foot).
Solution:
Ladder makes a right angle triangle with wall and ground.
We have,
Length of ladder (hypotenuse)= 40 foot
Base = 8 foot
We need to find the perpendicular to get the height of the ladder on the wall.
Let h be the height of the ladder on the wall.
According to the Pythagoras theorem,
Taking square root on both sides.
Height cannot be negative. Round to the nearest foot.
Therefore, the height of the ladder on the wall is 39 foot.