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Find the value of x.

Find the value of x.-example-1

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Answer:

x = 124

Explanation:

You want the value of the exterior angle x°, given that the remote interior angles are 83° and 41°.

Exterior angle

The exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the remote interior angles:

x° = 83° +41°

x° = 124°

x = 124

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Check

The interior angle adjacent to x° is its supplement:

180° -124° = 56°

The sum of the interior angles of the triangle is 180°:

83° +41° +56° = 180° . . . . . true

The theorem we cite above is a consequence of the fact that the missing interior angle is supplementary to both x° and the sum of the other two interior angles. It saves having to find the measure of the missing interior angle.

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