SOLUTION: The flag of Scotland is divided into four triangles by a diagonal white cross. It is the cross of St. Andrew. What is the measure of the angle labeled (2x+9)? Top of flag is (2x+9

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Question 1034950: The flag of Scotland is divided into four triangles by a diagonal white cross. It is the cross of St. Andrew. What is the measure of the angle labeled (2x+9)?
Top of flag is (2x+9)
Bottom of flag is (4x-3)
_______Degrees?

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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I am guessing that the top and bottom angles are equivalent, vertical angles, so that
2x + 9 = 4x - 3
2x = 12
x = 6
and then
2x + 9 = 21 degrees