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Find the value of x in the trapezoid below.

Find the value of x in the trapezoid below.-example-1
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The property demonstrated is co-interior, which states that two angles like the one shown is equal to 180 degrees.

You can then make this formula.

180 = (5x + 13) + (3x - 5)

Now solve this formula

180 = 5x + 13 + 3x - 5
180 = 8x + 8
172 = 8x
/8 /8
21.5 = x

Proof that x = 21.5

5(21.5) + 13 = 107.5 + 13 = 120.5
3(21.5) - 5 = 64.5 - 5 = 59.5

59.5 + 120.5 = 180 degrees.
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