I’m really hoping I do fail this assignment so can someone please help?

The answer would be 99 degrees!
here is an explanation to help you understand:
the angles 81 degrees and b are supplementary angles. Supplementary angles mean that two angles have the sum of 180 degrees so you would need to find the x when you have a given already.
do an equation like this:
x + 81 = 180
here is how to answer the equation:
x + 81 - 81 = 180 - 81
x = 99

Here you only need to subtract 81 from both sides. in simple terms, do 180 minus the measure given.

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