Question

M 10 years ago

Answer 1

is there a picture that goes with this question?

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

@Lully1212 what two angles can you add that will equal JKL?

Answer 4

@billj5 you can add HKL and JKH together but that would equal up to 178

Answer 5

that is correct, so please set up the equation

Answer 6

value of HKL + value of JKH = 172, plug in the values

Answer 7

153x + 25x = 172

Answer 8

not quite

Answer 9

(153 + x) + (25 + x) = 172

153 + x + 25 + x = 172

Answer 10

does that make sense?

Answer 11

So far it does

Answer 12

ok great please simplify this

153 + x + 25 + x = 172

Answer 13

153 + x + 25 + x = 172
- 25 - 25
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i dont think i did that right lol

Answer 14

just combine like terms, lets rearrange first,

153 + 25 + x + x = 172

Answer 15

153 + 25 = what?

Answer 16

172

Answer 17

178 + x + x = 172

Answer 18

x + x = what?

Answer 19

2x

Answer 20

perfect so we have 178 + 2x = 172, does this make sense?

Answer 21

we were just combining like terms on the left hand side

Answer 22

Yes

Answer 23

ok perfect, can you solve this equation

178 + 2x = 172?

Answer 24

Do i just subtract 172 from 178?

Answer 25

you can, the first goal is to get the x terms by themselves on one side of the equation, so i would probably subtract 178 from 172

Answer 26

So that would equal -6

Answer 27

correct, so we have 2x = -6

Answer 28

so what is x equal to?

Answer 29

x = -3?

Answer 30

perfect, good work :)

Answer 31

Thank you :)

Answer 32

yw