McGraw Hill Integrated II, 2012
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Standardized Test Practice

Exercise 1 Page 470

Look for congruent segments and triangles.

D

Practice makes perfect
On the diagram we can see two triangles. Let's shade these. Notice that these triangles have a common side, and according to the information given on the figure, the other two sides are congruent.
According to the Side-Side-Side (SSS) Congruance Postulate the blue and green triangles are congruent. We know that corresponding angles in congruent triangles are congruent. We can use this to set the two given angle expressions equal to each other and solve the resulting equation for x.
5x-5=4x+1
Solve for x
5x=4x+6
x=6
The value of x is 6, so the correct answer choice is D.