#Confused about the angles: Help please

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heavy pasture
toxic boltBOT
mild river
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you can calculate v and x using law of cosines or law of sines

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though you have to do it for each triangle

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also notice that there's a > thing that's centered on the line

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if two lines have that same thing they are considered parallel

safe canopy
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So the angles you need to focus on will be the verticle angles at the center and angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal (specifically alternate interior angles)
From there, you just need to remember that similar triangles are proportional

woeful hare
faint sun
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It is recommended to represent the points in the diagram using letters
|AC| || |BE|...Diagram
So, we use the properties of angles in parallel lines
@Pai mentioned them (though I wouldn't include "...at the center ... because the question did not state it")

Here are the explanations: Number (12.) on https://examssuccess.appspot.com/MATHEMATICS/Trigonometry.html#one-twenty

woeful hare
faint sun
woeful hare
faint sun
woeful hare
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While approximation to cos(80°) goes 0.173...

faint sun
# woeful hare

I see your point.
Thank you for the observation.
I have removed the solution.

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Cosine Law should work for all triangles.

safe canopy
# woeful hare If so, the diagram contains conflicting data.

I'm not sure why it would provide conflicting data. Maybe the angles arent the exact measures for the the given sides, but when proving similar triangles the most you'd need confirming 2 congruent angles. From there the triangles are proportional
Using laws of sine and cosine are fine, but its more exact this way in the sense you dont need to round decimals

safe canopy
# woeful hare

Oh i see now
I think then the diagram is just incorrect