Vertical angles

The question
57°x degrees

Vertical angles

How it works.

57°andx
opposite=equal
57°→57°
  1. 01

    Two straight lines crossing. Nothing needs to add to 90 or 180 here.

  2. 02

    Angles opposite each other at a crossing are equal — each one makes a straight line with the same neighbor.

  3. 03

    So x is 57° — the same as the one across from it, not 180 minus it.