Geometry: Common Core (15th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines - Common Core Cumulative Standards Review - Selected Response - Page 213: 10

Answer

$G$

Work Step by Step

The trapezoid depicted has one set of parallel lines. We can visualize the right side of the trapezoid as being like a transversal that is running through the parallel lines. If this is the case, then the two angles labeled are same-side interior angles. According to the same-side interior angle theorem, if two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then same-side interior angles are supplementary, meaning their measurements add up to $180^{\circ}$. With this theorem in mind, let us set up the equation to reflect this: $130 + 2x = 180$ Subtract $130$ from each side of the equation to isolate the $x$ term: $130 - 130 + 2x = 180 - 130$ Subtract to simplify: $2x = 50$ Divide both sides by $2$ to solve for $x$: $x = 25$ This corresponds to option $G$.
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