line BD bisects angle ABC. Solve for X and find the measures of angle ABC.
angle ABD= 5X, angle DBC= 3X + 10
I don't really understand this question so can someone please help me solve this and explain to me how they solved it/ show the steps of how to solve this question. Thanks :)
What’s the answer
If a line bisects an angle, it means that the line halves the angle into two equal angles.
Therefore, angle ABD equals angle DBC.
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Thank you so much! I wish my math teacher mentioned that :/ haha Thank you again!!!
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Anyone.....?
To solve for X and find the measures of angle ABC, we need to use the angle bisector theorem. According to this theorem, if a line bisects an angle, then it divides the angle into two equal parts.
In this case, line BD bisects angle ABC. So, we know that angle ABD is equal to angle DBC. We can set up an equation to represent this:
Angle ABD = Angle DBC
We are also given that:
Angle ABD = 5X
Angle DBC = 3X + 10
Now, we can set these two expressions equal to each other and solve for X:
5X = 3X + 10
Subtracting 3X from both sides:
2X = 10
Dividing both sides by 2:
X = 5
Now that we have found the value of X, we can substitute it back into the expressions for the angles to find their measures:
Angle ABD = 5X = 5(5) = 25 degrees
Angle DBC = 3X + 10 = 3(5) + 10 = 15 + 10 = 25 degrees
Therefore, the measures of angle ABD and angle DBC are both 25 degrees.