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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find "X"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

and x in between 105 and 154, sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What do you know about the sum of all the interior angles of a pentagon?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ummmmm (n-2)180

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Right, and n is 5 here because there are 5 sides

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes. So do I just plug in 5?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and what after that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That's the next step, but not the answer! The sum of all the angles will be 180 * (n-2), n=5 180 * (5 - 2) 180 * 3 540

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Then you just use algebra to determine what x must be. All the interior angles must add up to 540 so...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So, I solve for x?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, but you have to have an equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So.. like, 88+154+105+x+21+x=540 ???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Exactly, except you wrote x twice

OpenStudy (anonymous):

88+154+105+x+21=540

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, okay I think I got it now.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Great!

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