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Measurement and Geometry Drill 6 Problem 4. Which of the following angles measures 50 degrees?
Transcript
- 00:03
Here’s the shmoopiest question this side of the Mississippi…
- 00:08
You’re having two trap doors installed that are, appropriately, in the shape of trapezoids.
- 00:13
Assume the two trapezoids shown below are congruent.
- 00:17
If m∠ C = 50°, then which of the following angles also measures 50 degrees?
- 00:23
And here are the potential answers...
Full Transcript
- 00:27
Goofy question – it’s asking you mentally to cut out the first trapezoid…
- 00:31
…flip it around and paste it on top of the second one to figure out where the 50 degree
- 00:36
angle corresponds. Mentally, it should sorta look like this:
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So the angle that corresponds as the 50 degree angle on the second trap is this one – angle x.
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Answer B.
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