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ccervantes:

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Shadow:

This sounds like a geometry question, in which a shape is involved. Could you provide us with a picture of this shape. You can take a screenshot using software such as LightShot, or downloading the file and uploading it here using the “Attach File” function.

Shadow:

I assume it is a triangle though, am I correct?

ccervantes:

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Shadow:

How would you first approach this problem?

Shadow:

With the information that they’ve given you

ccervantes:

i would add 10+x+60+120-x=

ccervantes:

but im not sure what i could equal it to, im not sure if im right on that.

Shadow:

Well, do you know what interior and exterior angles are?

Shadow:

It’s fine if you don’t know, I am here to help.

ccervantes:

interior angles add up to 180 and exterior angles add up to 360?

Shadow:

Mhm, there is a specific pet we are focused on. It’s that the two non adjacent interior angles are equal to the value of the exterior angle.

Shadow:

So what do you think we should do?

ccervantes:

equal the equation to 180?

Shadow:

Hmm, well an exterior angle and the adjacent interior angle are equal to 180, but since we don’t know the value for C, that would be two unknowns in our problem ( including x). You. Can’t solve an equation for a varaibalr with two unknowns.

ccervantes:

so i don't equal it to anything and i solve it like that?

Shadow:

No

Shadow:

Since the two non adjacent angles ( a and b) are equal to the exterior angle ( angle a c d), equal the values of a + b to angle a c d, which is he exterior angle.

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