Vertically Opposite Angles with a Variable (āϚāϞāĻ•āϏāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ)


Definition: Vertically Opposite Angles are the pairs of angles formed when two lines intersect. These opposite angles are always equal. If the angles contain a variable (such as x), set the opposite angles equal to each other and solve for the variable. āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāχ āĻĒā§°āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§°āĻ• āϛ⧇āĻĻ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āϕ⧋āĻŖāϝ⧋⧰āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŖāϤ āϚāϞāĻ• (āϝ⧇āύ⧇ x) āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§€āϕ⧰āĻŖ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰āĻŋ x-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāύ āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


Example / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: If one angle is (3x + 10)° and its vertically opposite angle is (5x − 6)°, then


3x + 10 = 5x − 6


2x = 16



Note: Vertically opposite angles are always equal. (āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻļā§€ā§°ā§āώ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)



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