In the figure below, angle y and angle x form vertical angles. Angle y forms a straight line with the 60° angle and the 70° angle. A straight line is shown and is marked with three angles. The first angle measures 60 degrees. The second angle measures 60 degrees. The third angle is labeled y. The line between the 70 degree angle and angle y extends below the straight line. The angle formed is labeled angle x.

Write and solve an equation to determine the measure of angle x.

the slope of the line is 60

one point on the line is (40,10)

step-by-step explanation:

in the equation outside the parenthesis the equation always tells you the slope. in this case it is 60.

in the parenthesis is also says 40 which is x because it is near the x and 10 is y because it is near y.

find the magnitude of the trig term  

csc

(

x

)

−

1

by taking the absolute value of the coefficient.

1

find the lower bound of the range.

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y

=

−

2

find the upper bound of the range.

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y

=

0

the range is  

y

≤

−

2

or  

y

≥

0

.

(

−

∞

,

−

2

]

∪

[

0

,

∞

)

{

y

|

y

≤

−

2

,

y

≥

0

}

step-by-step explanation: