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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Help!! will give medals :) pic will be below solve for x and y

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (mertsj):

In the first one: The exterior angle is equal to the sum of the remote interior angles.

OpenStudy (mertsj):

For the second one: The angles of a triangle add up to 180.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so do I take 2x-32=x+40 solve for x

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so then do I take 180-4y divide by 2 to get y

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Add the three angles in the second triangle. What do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4y^3

OpenStudy (mertsj):

What is 4 cats + 1 cat + 1 cat?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6

OpenStudy (mertsj):

6 what?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6 cats

OpenStudy (mertsj):

What is 4y + 1y + 1y?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6y

OpenStudy (mertsj):

set that equal to 180 and solve for y

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 6y=180 y=172

OpenStudy (mertsj):

So 6 times 172 = 180?????

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

Umm @heather040200 lets try that calculation again. :D

OpenStudy (mertsj):

6y means 6 TIMES y

OpenStudy (mertsj):

The inverse of multiplication is division. DIVIDE both sides by 6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I musta typed it in wrong in my caculater y=30

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

alright! thanks so much for the help :)

OpenStudy (mertsj):

yw

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