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geometry senior

Problem

In the figure, , and . If and are the measures of the angles in which they are shown, what is the value of ?
problem
Solution
Starting from the right triangle that contains angle , we can see the third angle in this triangle is degrees. By vertical angles, this makes the rightmost angle in the triangle containing angle also equal to 64 degrees. Thus, the third angle in that triangle has measure degrees. Now, we can turn our attention to the five sided figure that contains angles , , and . By vertical angles the right most angle will be degrees. The angle with exterior measure of degrees will have an interior measure of degrees. Finally, the sum of the angles in a five sided polygon will be equal to degrees. So, we can write
Final answer
128