Question

What is the BEST first step in solving for x in the illustartion shown?

A. use the pythagorean theorem to calculate the side lenghts of the larger triangle

B. Find the sum of 108, 26, and 41

C. use the triangle sum theorem to calculate the missing angle measurement in the smaller triangle

D. sum 26 and 108 . this is the measurement of x

Answer 1

The first step in solving for x in the illustartion is (c) use the triangle sum theorem to calculate the missing angle measurement in the smaller triangle

How to determine the first step in solving for x in the illustartion

From the question, we have the following parameters that can be used in our computation:

The illustartion

We have that

The sum of angles on a straight line to be 180 degrees

However, there are missing angles to be calculated using the sum of angles in a triangle theorem

i.e. Sum = 180 degrees

So, the first step is (c)