Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
I would have thought the answer would be whole numbers...
using top line....
5x-5y + 7x-15 = 180 (that is a line)
12x - 5y = 195
using bottom line
4x+ 4y +2x+ y = 180
6x + 5y =180
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12x - 5y = 195
6x + 5y =180
(fives cancel)
18x = 375
x = 20.83
y= 11
Answer:
x=125/6
y=11
Step-by-step explanation:
Same side interior angles have a sum of 180 if the transversal passes through a pair of parallel lines.
So we have the following two equations:
7x-15+5x-5y=180
4x+4y+2x+y=180
Let's simply(combine like terms):
12x-5y-15=180
6x+5y=180
Add 15 on both sides for first equation:
12x-5y=195
6x+5y=180
Equations are set up so we can use linear combination or elimination (adding equations together to eliminate y):
18x=375
Divide both sides by 18:
x=375/18
Simplify (reduce fraction):
x=375/18 ÷3/3=125/6
Now let's go back and find y using either equation:
6x+5y=180 with x=125/6
6(125/6)+5y=180
125+5y=180
5y=180-125
5y=55
y=11
x=125/6 and y=11
