Question

FAN AND MEDAL
The angles below are supplementary. What is the value of x?

16.6
20
26.7
40

Answer 1

@starlord6200 @Lyssy10 @moneybaby980

Answer 2

well you first have to realize what angle a straight line is

Answer 3

now if a circle is 360 degrees what is half of that

Answer 4

it is 180

Answer 5

ok so then what do you do then

Answer 6

idk divide?

Answer 7

no you would subtract the 80 from 180

Answer 8

which leaves you with 100

Answer 9

okay and what do i then do?

Answer 10

now you wanna get the 3x by itself but there is a 40 with it so what do you do then

Answer 11

so the answer is 40?

Answer 12

no its 3x +40 now to figure it out you need to get 3x alone so how would you get rid of 40

Answer 13

idk

Answer 14

what did you do with the 80

Answer 15

subtract

Answer 16

yes so what would you do with 40

Answer 17

subtract

Answer 18

exactly so you will subtract 40 from 100

Answer 19

so its 60?

Answer 20

you have 1 more step to go no look what is left 3x=60 so now you have to divide 3 from 60

Answer 21

i mean 0.4

Answer 22

60 divided by 3 is what

Answer 23

20

Answer 24

there you go the answer is 20

Answer 25

thanks so much

Answer 26

np anytime :)