document.write( "Question 1017750: What is x? http://imgur.com/sXKfr0P \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #634090 by Theo(13342) You can put this solution on YOUR website! your picture is at this link.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "http://imgur.com/sXKfr0P\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "it looks like this:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "both those angles are inscribed angles of the same arc on the circle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that would be arc AB.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "therefore the angles have to be equal to each other.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you have 2x + 11 = 4x - 3.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "solve for x as follows:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "start with 2x + 11 = 4x - 3.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 2x from both sides of the equation and add 3 to both sides of the equation to get 14 = 2x.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "solve for x to get x = 14/2 = 7 degrees.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "that's your solution.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's a reference on the different types of angles formed in a circle.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/gp15/circleangles.htm\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's another reference.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~dwiggins/conj44.html\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |