P.S: Figure is not drawn to scale
In the attached image, if w+x=150. What is x?
Find x
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Sorry, I posted it in the wrong forum. Not sure how to move it or delete it.
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I tried it, but could not get to the solution.All I could get to was y=45, the unknown angle in triangle containing w and x angles was 30. thats all... pls provide answer
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There is no solution, unless some information is missing from the question. x can be anything here between 0 to 150 degrees - the longer you make the top line in the picture, the larger x gets (and the smaller w gets).mathewmithun wrote: I tried it, but could not get to the solution.All I could get to was y=45, the unknown angle in triangle containing w and x angles was 30. thats all... pls provide answer
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I had reproduced this question from memory; I remember seeing a similar problem, but I was not bale to solve it. Now I know that problem is missing something. Thanks all.
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