Question

Solve for x.3x + 2X + 28Since the angles are congruent, we can set theirequations equal to each other.3x + 2 = x + 28[?]x + 2 = 28Hint: Get the x-terms together on one side of theequal sign. Subtract 1x from each side of theequation. Enter the value of the coefficient.=

Answer 1

In order to find the missing value, we need to subtract 1x from each side of the first equation.

Doing that, we have:

$\begin{gathered} 3x+2=x+28 \\ 3x+2-x=x+28-x \\ (3x-x)+2=28 \\ 2x+2=28 \end{gathered}$

Comparing the equation 2x + 2 = 28 with the second equation where we have the missing value, we can see that the missing value is equal to 2.