SOLUTION: Parallelogram ABCD with m < B = 5x and m < C = 3x+4. How do I find the number of degree in < D?

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Question 1114061: Parallelogram ABCD with m < B = 5x and m < C = 3x+4. How do I find the number of degree in < D?
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Parallelogram ABCD with m < B = 5x and m < C = 3x+4. How do I find the number of degree in < D?
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There is nothing easier.


The angles B and C are consecutive angles of the parallelogram.


Consecutive angles of any parallelogram are supplementary. It means that they sum up to 180 degrees.

It gives you an equation


5x + (3x+4) = 180.


5x + 3x + 4 = 180

8x = 180-4 = 176  ====>  x =  = 22.


Therefore,  angle B is 5*22 = 110.


In parallelogram ABCD, the angles B and D are opposite angles.

In any parallelogram, the opposite angles are congruent.


Therefore, the measure of the angle D is the same as for angle B, i.e. 110 degrees.

Solved.

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