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What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above?

(1) d + e = 275°
(2) b + c = 295°

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Should be E. I can create an equation with both 1 and 2 that only includes e (which is also a) but the final step is 180 = 2e +180, so everything collapses...

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Bunuel...Why cant I draw a ll line to the base of the triangle and have d=e?

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What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above?

(1) d + e = 275°
(2) b + c = 295°

Show SpoilerMy take
Should be E. I can create an equation with both 1 and 2 that only includes e (which is also a) but the final step is 180 = 2e +180, so everything collapses...

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Bunuel...Why cant I draw a ll line to the base of the triangle and have d=e?

Avinash

For angle d to be equal to angle e below red lines must be parallel, which is not possible since we won't have a triangle in this case:
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Check this: https://www.mathopenref.com/transversal.html
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<a = <e
Stmt1: d+e=275
e=275-d
We don't know d. Not Sufficient.

Stmt2: b+c=295
b+f=180
c+g=180
Adding, b+c+f+g=360
295+f+g=360
f+g=65
e+f+g=180
e=180-65= 115
a=115
Sufficient.

OA B

I was about to ask how we knew that b+c = 180
Thanks for the explanation.

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<a = <e
Stmt1: d+e=275
e=275-d
We don't know d. Not Sufficient.

Stmt2: b+c=295
b+f=180
c+g=180
Adding, b+c+f+g=360
295+f+g=360
f+g=65
e+f+g=180
e=180-65= 115
a=115
Sufficient.

OA B

I was about to ask how we knew that b+c = 180
Thanks for the explanation.

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the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees. Theorem. If ABC is a triangle then <)ABC + <)BCA + <)CAB = 180 degrees
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Hi Bunuel.

can we solve this by taking <a, <d and <c as exterior angles of a triangle and take sun of two interior angles as their values and then proceed?

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