document.write( "Question 211689: I am having trouble figuring out how to find the angle's degree with equations. I have a 180 degree angle that has a split in the middle to make two 90 degree angles. The question is: If angle ABD (the first 90 degree angle)= 4x + 15 and DBC (The second 90 degree angle)= 2x + 11, find the degree measure of angle DBC (which is the 180 degree angle in a whole). I don't exactly want an answer, I just want some tips on how to solve it. Thank you very much for your time. \n" ); document.write( "
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I am having trouble figuring out how to find the angle's degree with equations. I have a 180 degree angle that has a split in the middle to make two 90 degree angles. The question is: If angle ABD (the first 90 degree angle)= 4x + 15 and DBC (The second 90 degree angle)= 2x + 11, find the degree measure of angle DBC (which is the 180 degree angle in a whole). I don't exactly want an answer, I just want some tips on how to solve it. Thank you very much for your time.
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document.write( "Those may look like 90° angles in your book or \r\n" );
document.write( "worksheet, but they are more like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set the sum of the angles = 180°\r\n" );
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document.write( "     ∠ABD + ∠DBC = 180°\r\n" );
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document.write( "(4x+15) + (2x+11) = 180\r\n" );
document.write( "4x + 15 + 2x + 11 = 180\r\n" );
document.write( "          6x + 26 = 180\r\n" );
document.write( "               6x = 154\r\n" );
document.write( "                x = \"154%2F6+=+77%2F3\"   \r\n" );
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document.write( "∠DBC = \"2x%2B11+=+2%2877%2F3%29%2B11+=+154%2F3%2B33%2F3=187%2F3+=+62%261%2F3\"\"%22%B0%22\"\r\n" );
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