Respuesta :

Answer:

  a) x = 45°

  b) yes, the sides are parallel (ABCD is a trapezoid)

Step-by-step explanation:

(a)

The relevant relation is the sum of angles in a quadrilateral is 360°.

  2x +3x +x +90 = 360

  6x = 270 . . . . . . collect terms, subtract 90

  x = 270/6 = 45

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(b)

Then the angle at A is ...

  ∠A = 2x° = 2(45)° = 90°

The sum of the angles at A and D is 180°, so the converse of the consecutive interior angles theorem applies. It means segments AD and BC are parallel.

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Additional comment

The consecutive interior angles theorem says that when a transversal crosses parallel lines, consecutive interior angles are supplementary.

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