SOLUTION: ABCD is a parallelogram. Angle A is equal to (5x-2) degrees and angle C is is equal to 48 degrees. What is x?

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Question 1100159: ABCD is a parallelogram. Angle A is equal to (5x-2) degrees and angle C is is equal to 48 degrees. What is x?
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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Opposite angles of a parallelogram are congruent.


It gives you an equation


5x - 2 = 48 degrees.    ====>


5x = 48 + 2 = 50  ====>  x = 50%2F5 = 10 degrees.