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Find the Unknown Angle in a Rectangle

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In the figure below, quadrilateral WXYZ is a rectangle. Find \(m(\angle YXW)\).

AWZXY8 in5 inWA = 5 in, WZ = 8 in

Correct Answer

90°

Explanation

One of the five properties of every rectangle states: all four angles are right angles. Therefore \(m(\angle YXW) = 90°\) without any further calculation needed.

Reference

Mathematics for college students


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