SOLUTION: : xw is an angle bisector angle yxz=9x+38, angle wxy=10x-14, angle xzy=8x. find angle wzx. is xw an altitude?

Question 198200: : xw is an angle bisector angle yxz=9x+38, angle wxy=10x-14, angle xzy=8x. find angle wzx. is xw an altitude?
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bisector leads to 10x -14 = (1/2) (9x+38)
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20x -28 = 9x +38
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11x = 66
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x=6
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Subst in 8x = 48 = angle xzy
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for xw to be altitude angle zwx must = 90 degrees,
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triangle xzw, has angles, xzw =48, and zxw = 46, therefore zwx = 86, and not 90
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therefore xw is NOT an altitude
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