The financial institution that generally charges the lowest rates on loans is a

The correct answer is a Credit Union.

Credit Unions are able to charge lower rates than a bank because of their structure. Banks are set up as a for-profit business, so they charge more in order to make themselves more profitable. Credit Unions are set up like cooperatives where the customers own them, or like a non-profit organization. This allows Credit Unions to charge lower rates. Additionally, the Credit Unions normally distributes the profit back to the customer.

if triangle abc is congruent to triangle def, their interior angles are congruent, because congruent parts of congruent triangles are congruent (cpctc).

that means ∠d is congruent to ∠a; ∠d is equal to 8x - 2.

interior angles of all triangles add to equal 180 degrees, so you can set the sum of these interior angle values equal to 180 and solve for x.

180 = (8x - 2) + 22 + 72

180 = 8x - 2 + 22 + 72

180 = 8x + 92

88 = 8x

11 = x

x = 11