Question

Use the image to answer the question.

An illustration shows a right angle. A ray extends from the right angle to create complementary angles. One angle measures 25 degrees. The other angle measures 5 x degrees. The angles are not labeled.

Solve for the value of x .

(1 point)
Responses

50
50

65
65

13

Answer 1

To find the value of x, we know that the two angles are complementary, so their sum must equal 90 degrees.

25 + 5x = 90
5x = 65
x = 65 / 5
x = 13

Therefore, the value of x is 13.