Okay so angles 1 and 2 in problem 1 are congruent because alternate interior angles between two parallel line and a transversal are congruent. Angles 1 and 2 in problem 2 are congruent because they are vertical angles and vertical angles are always congruent. To find x in problem 3, you can set the expressions to equal each other because alternate exterior angles between two parallel lines and a transversal are congruent; it would look like this: x + 24 = 3x - 8 x + 32 = 3x (add 8 to each side) 32 = 2x (subtract x from each side) 16 = x (divide each side by x) For problem 3, x = 16. To find x in problem 4, set the expressions plus each other to equal 180: same side interior angles between two parallel lines and a transversal are supplementary (they add to equal 180); it would look like this: 2/3(x + 27) + 3x - 25 = 180 2/3x + 18 + 3x - 25 = 180 (apply the distributive property) 3.667x - 7 = 180 (combine like terms) 3.667x = 187 (add 7 to both sides) x = 50.995 We should be checking our work for these; let's do that: For the first problem - 16 + 24 = 3(16) - 8 => 40 = 48 - 8 <--This is true, so the first one is correct. Now to check the second one: 0.667(50.995 + 27) + 3(50.995) - 25 = 180 34.013 + 18.009 + 152.985 - 25 = 180 180.007 = 180 <---This one checks out as well. x = 50.995 for problem 4.
