In the diagram, what is the value of x?
Correct answer: 46
nippy90002
hmm! i didnt get it..maths its not my cup of tea.
CuckooAnge
68+31=99 99-53=46
DourGeneral48009
The maths is accurate but the diagram is wrong - in the diagram the angle x is bigger than the one labelled 58 (which in the diagram is smaller than 58)
Jeorne
luckily I won the award that stops the timer
Redeemed Mr. V
DourGeneral48009, which is why all math instruction includes the admonishment to NEVER assume the drawing is accurate. Always use the stated facts. That's a helpful life lesson.
Player #3833664
This type of Maths is all French to me
Heartland Old Guy
Although not labeled, the two unlabeled angles are equal to each other, making their value irrelevant. To compute the value of x, by theorem the sums of x + 58 and 31 + 68 must be equal. 31 + 68= 99, thus x + 58= 99, or x = 41. The sum of the labeled angles is also irrelevant.
Player #801622
jsinren, I GUESSED BUT WOULD LIKE TO WORK IT OUT SO I TOOK A PHOTO OF THE SUM
321jimk
Under pressure I answered incorrectly but it took me back to secondary school!!
GruffSecretAgent9936
...my time was up; if I had more time I would have solved it--CURSED dyslexia!!
meka
I can't even add up today aaaargh!
Trisha
nippy90002, I wish my math teacher in high school could see that I was correct! But it doesn’t really matter
Andy
nippy90002, didn’t know didn’t care
Mars V
DourGeneral48009, The diagram is a little misleading, but not wrong. Many math teachers and textbooks intentionally make the angles look smaller or larger to bait students into guessing wrong or penalizing them for lunging for the nearest protractor. All that matters are the given numbers.
Michelle R😎💋
Don’t get it Don’t care 🤷🏻♀️ either tbh
J
Does it matter? Lol couldn’t do maths at school despite having a good teacher it seemed more fun to mess about oops
varada
I don't no what is this 😐
QuizzMister
Woo. More mathematics questions please
SOS
Redeemed Mr. V, One I have just learnt the hard way! lol
SOS
CuckooAnge, Thanks for the explanation 👍😀
MikeCVD
nippy90002, yup, mine either. Left that type of problem behind 45 years ago. oh, well.
Jo
Jeorne, I could've used that!
Jo
Would've figured it out but I panicked 😅 thinking I'd run out of time so I guessed. Wrongly. Math isn't my forte, and neither is my sense of time, so my chances were slim I'd sail thru this with confidence lol - call me a full fledged dyscalculic idk
ollie
I didn't know there was a stop the timer option. I can't even see a timer on my screen. 🤔
Ragini Singh
The diagram is wrong
sandpiper47
make a correct drawing
Kola98
DourGeneral48009, The diagram isn't drawn to scale
Player #14718714
99° +99° isn't 180°
chiazuh
Dang I failed .Wish I was Albert Einstein BRAINIAC
Pepper
That was random. The only reason I got it was I had a quarter shot at guessing. :(
Tamara_1985
Diver Dan, which is why I got it wrong
SQinfoNUTS
once you know the sum of the two angles in the Triangle with the X ends in the number 4 ~ answer will have to have to end in a 6.
luckycatfay
Player #252573, so did I but it was a guess just pressed really quick as good as any I thought.
Player #SassySLR
Heartland Old Guy, I think you got one of the figures wrong, it’s 53 not 58. Therefore the answer is 46.
Player #SassySLR
CuckooAnge, this is how I also solved it.
StationaryStreet4
I don't know what the explanation was trying to say...
And yet somehow I got this one right...