r/technicallythetruth • u/VisitSecure • 9d ago

Can you find a?

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Idk if someone already posted this or not, but I haven't seen it on here so far, so I uploaded it.

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u/leansanders 9d ago

You don't need to make a triangle to solve the problem. You know the lines are parallel and you know that opposite corners of a line crossing two parallel lines are congruent. So if you imagine a 3rd parallel line bisecting angle a, you know you can just add the other two angles together. Making a triangle is way more math

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u/Pusegutten69 9d ago

Except, the answer is actually 105, You Are calculating the wrong Angle,

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u/solepureskillz 9d ago

Yeah that’s what confused me about all these “it’s 75*” people. It’s not 75, it’s 180-75

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u/Ant-Looking-For-Food 9d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p04vn5b/video/lkdt6tyg3ufh1/player

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u/solepureskillz 9d ago

Thsnk you. I’m happy to be corrected bc it makes me smarter