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

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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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Originally posted by Berbatov on 26 Aug 2011, 01:31.
Last edited by Bunuel on 12 Feb 2019, 06:01, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2011, 02:57
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Hello,
I guess its B. Please provide OA

Here's my explanaition

given
b + c = 295
180 - f + 180 - g = 295
360 - (f+g) = 295
360 - (180 -e) = 295
180 + e = 295
e = 115
hence a = 115 (vertically opposite angles)

Hope this helps.

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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2011, 02:59
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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
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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   21 Jul 2015, 23:29
Berbatov wrote:


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?

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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2015, 00:50
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Avinashs87 wrote:
Berbatov wrote:


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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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2015, 02:22
Yeah...My bad. I understand now.
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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2018, 10:27
jamifahad wrote:
<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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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2018, 08:05
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MrJglass wrote:
jamifahad wrote:
<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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Re: What is the degree measure of angle a in the figure above? [#permalink] New post   27 Jul 2021, 07:03
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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