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What is angle x ?

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30∘30^\circ

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  1. Identify the quadrilateral formed by the top vertex, the two right-angle vertices, and the intersection point.

    Let the top vertex be A. Let the points on the left and right sides where the right angles are marked be B and C, respectively. Let the intersection point of the lines extending from B and C be D.
    The given angle at the top is ∠BAC=60∘\angle BAC = 60^\circ.
    The right angle symbols indicate that ∠ABD=90∘\angle ABD = 90^\circ and ∠ACD=90∘\angle ACD = 90^\circ.
    The sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360∘360^\circ. For quadrilateral ABDCABDC:

    ∠BAC+∠ABD+∠BDC+∠ACD=360∘\angle BAC + \angle ABD + \angle BDC + \angle ACD = 360^\circ 60∘+90∘+∠BDC+90∘=360∘60^\circ + 90^\circ + \angle BDC + 90^\circ = 360^\circ 240∘+∠BDC=360∘240^\circ + \angle BDC = 360^\circ ∠BDC=360∘−240∘=120∘\angle BDC = 360^\circ - 240^\circ = 120^\circ
  2. Determine the angle at the top of the bottom triangle.

    The angle ∠BDC\angle BDC is formed by the intersection of the two lines. The angle vertically opposite to ∠BDC\angle BDC is the angle at the top of the bottom triangle. Let the bottom triangle be △EDF\triangle EDF, where D is the intersection point, E is the bottom-left vertex, and F is the bottom-right vertex.

    ∠EDF=∠BDC=120∘\angle EDF = \angle BDC = 120^\circ
  3. Calculate angle xx in the bottom triangle.

    The bottom triangle △EDF\triangle EDF has two sides marked with double dashes, indicating that DE=DFDE = DF. This means △EDF\triangle EDF is an isosceles triangle.
    In an isosceles triangle, the angles opposite the equal sides are equal. Therefore, ∠DEF=∠DFE=x\angle DEF = \angle DFE = x.
    The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180∘180^\circ.

    ∠EDF+∠DEF+∠DFE=180∘\angle EDF + \angle DEF + \angle DFE = 180^\circ 120∘+x+x=180∘120^\circ + x + x = 180^\circ 120∘+2x=180∘120^\circ + 2x = 180^\circ 2x=180∘−120∘2x = 180^\circ - 120^\circ 2x=60∘2x = 60^\circ x=60∘2x = \frac{60^\circ}{2} x=30∘x = 30^\circ

    The final answer is 30∘30^\circ.

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