Question

Find the value of x.
hellp please i stink at geometry but need to pass

Answer 1

youre doing fine so far

Answer 2

equal sides means equal angles;

Answer 3

what do the angles of a triangle add up to?

Answer 4

180

Answer 5

good, and we know one is 40 so lets take that away: 180 - 40 = ?

Answer 6

140 degrees

Answer 7

good, and that 140 is spilt evenly between the other 2 angles; 140/2 =?

Answer 8

so we get 70

Answer 9

70 is good, it gets us closer to x; and recall that a line also equals 180 so we are left with: