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Explain how to use a protractor to measure an angle. Put the steps in the correct order

Use the greater number for an obtuse angle and the lesser number for an acute angle.


Place the center mark of the protractor on the angle's vertex.


Read the number of degrees where the ray crosses the protractor.


Place the zero edge of the protractor on one ray.

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Here is the order:

Place the center mark of the protractor on the angle's vertex.

Place the zero edge of the protractor on one ray.

Use the greater number for an obtuse angle and the lesser number for an acute angle.

Read the number of degrees where the ray crosses the protractor.
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