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OpenStudy (anonymous):

TRIANGLE HELP TRIANGLE HELP

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

50+x=2x-15

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x=65

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then 2x-15=65*2-15=115

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer is c

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

There is a thorem about triangles that is useful here. The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the measures of its remote interior angles. In this triangle, for the exterior angle of measure 2x - 15, its remote interior angles are the angles measuring 50 and x. Using the thoerm, you can set up an equation. Then solve the equation for x.

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