SOLUTION: <1 &<2 are a linear pair. m<1=x-30 & m<2=x=76. Find the measure of each angle.

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Question 984016: <1 &<2 are a linear pair. m<1=x-30 & m<2=x=76. Find the measure of each angle.
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The sum of the measures of two angles that form a linear pair is, by definition of a linear pair, 180 degrees, so, depending on whether the "=" between the "x" and the "76" is really supposed to be "+" or "-", solve:



or



Then calculate and as appropriate.

John

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