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What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 08 Oct 2012, 02:47
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What is the value of z in the triangle above?

(1) x+y=139
(2) y +z= 108

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Re: What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 08 Oct 2012, 02:48
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What is the value of z in the triangle above?

The interior angles of a triangle always add up to 180°. Thus x+y+z=180°.

(1) x+y=139 --> 139+z=180 --> z=41. Sufficient.

(2) y +z= 108. Cannot determine the value of z. Not sufficient.

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Re: What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 08 Oct 2012, 02:51
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St 1: Sufficient: x+y=139, therefore Z= 180-139
St 2: Insufficient: y+z=108, the value of x can be found, but we can not get a definite value of z.

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Re: What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 08 Oct 2012, 03:18
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z = ?
1) z = 180 - (x+y) = 180 - 139 -->Sufficient
2) y+z = 108 --->z can take different values --->Not Sufficient

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Re: What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 08 Oct 2012, 04:58
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Total measure of the sum of a triangle's interior = 180.

1) x + y + z = 180
139 + z = 180
z = 41 Sufficient

2)x + y + z = 180
x + 108 = 180
x = 72, but we are not sure of the split between y and z, so this is Insufficient

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Re: What is the value of z in the triangle above? [#permalink] New post 11 Oct 2012, 13:49
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What is the value of z in the triangle above?

The interior angles of a triangle always add up to 180°. Thus x+y+z=180°.

(1) x+y=139 --> 139+z=180 --> z=41. Sufficient.

(2) y +z= 108. Cannot determine the value of z. Not sufficient.

Answer: A.

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