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Question 661174: I have a math problem on my homework, and its a bunch of angles. they give you an equation for two of them that are alternate exterior to eachother, and a varible where it is vertical to the top exterior angle. I dont know how to set up the equation to solve it Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Alternate exterior angles are equal in measure and vertical angles are equal in measure. So if you have a pair of alternate exterior angles or a pair of vertical angles whose measures are denoted by algebraic expressions, just set the two expressions equal to each other and solve the equation. Once you have a value for the variable, substitute back into the expressions -- two reasons: you get the measures of the angles that way, and you double check to see that you did your algebra correctly when you solved the equation.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
