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In the diagram, PWPW is parallel to QXQX, SS and TT lie on QXQX, and UU and VV are the points of intersection of PWPW with SRSR and TRTR, respectively. If ∠SUV=120∘\angle SUV = 120^\circ and ∠VTX=112∘\angle VTX = 112^\circ, what is the measure of ∠URV\angle URV? [asy] size(6cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.75) + fontsize(11)); // Useful function path extend(pair a, pair b, int n=10) { return a--(a + n * (b - a));} // Points real ust = 60; real vtx = 112; pair q = (0, 0); pair p = (0, 0.5); pair w = (2, p.y); pair x = (2, 0); pair s = (0.3, 0); pair t = s + (1, 0); pair u = shift(s) * (p.y / Tan(ust), p.y); pair v = shift(t) * (p.y / Tan(vtx), p.y); pair r = IP(extend(s, u), extend(t, v)); // Draw lines draw(s--r--t); draw(p--w, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5)); draw(q--x, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5)); // Labels label("PP", p, W); label("QQ", q, W); label("WW", w, E); label("XX", x, E); label("RR", r, N); label("UU", u, NW); label("VV", v, NE); label("SS", s, NW); label("TT", t, NE); [/asy]
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In the diagram, PW is parallel to QX, S and T lie on QX, and U and V are the points of intersection of PW with SR and TR, respectively. If ∠SUV=120^(∘) and ∠VTX=112^(∘), what is the measure of ∠URV? [asy]
size(6cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.75) + fontsize(11));
// Useful function
path extend(pair a, pair b, int n=10) { return a--(a + n * (b - a));}

// Points
real ust = 60; real vtx = 112;
pair q = (0, 0); pair p = (0, 0.5); pair w = (2, p.y); pair x = (2, 0);
pair s = (0.3, 0); pair t = s + (1, 0);
pair u = shift(s) * (p.y / Tan(ust), p.y); pair v = shift(t) * (p.y / Tan(vtx), p.y);
pair r = IP(extend(s, u), extend(t, v));

// Draw lines
draw(s--r--t);
draw(p--w, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5));
draw(q--x, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5));

// Labels
label("P", p, W); label("Q", q, W); label("W", w, E); label("X", x, E);
label("R", r, N); label("U", u, NW); label("V", v, NE); label("S", s, NW);

label("T", t, NE);

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Original LaTeX notation
In the diagram, $PW$ is parallel to $QX$, $S$ and $T$ lie on $QX$, and $U$ and $V$ are the points of intersection of $PW$ with $SR$ and $TR$, respectively. If $\angle SUV = 120^\circ$ and $\angle VTX = 112^\circ$, what is the measure of $\angle URV$? [asy]
size(6cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.75) + fontsize(11));
// Useful function
path extend(pair a, pair b, int n=10) { return a--(a + n * (b - a));}

// Points
real ust = 60; real vtx = 112;
pair q = (0, 0); pair p = (0, 0.5); pair w = (2, p.y); pair x = (2, 0);
pair s = (0.3, 0); pair t = s + (1, 0);
pair u = shift(s) * (p.y / Tan(ust), p.y); pair v = shift(t) * (p.y / Tan(vtx), p.y);
pair r = IP(extend(s, u), extend(t, v));

// Draw lines
draw(s--r--t);
draw(p--w, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5));
draw(q--x, Arrow(position=0.8, size=5));

// Labels
label("$P$", p, W); label("$Q$", q, W); label("$W$", w, E); label("$X$", x, E);
label("$R$", r, N); label("$U$", u, NW); label("$V$", v, NE); label("$S$", s, NW);

label("$T$", t, NE);

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Level 4

type

Prealgebra

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