Please help me in solving for x and y

for vertical angles they're equal to each other.

thus,

(7x + 30)° = (11x - 24) °

54 = 4x

x = 13.5°

and

(17y - 4) ° = (5y + 38) °

12y = 42

y = 3.5°

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!