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Given the following diagram, find the value of x

Explain how you arrived at your answer.
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Given the following diagram, find the value of x Explain how you arrived at your answer-example-1
User Bdhar
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Answer:

x = 107

Explanation:

the exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the 2 opposite interior angles.

123° is an exterior angle of the triangle , then

x + 16 = 123 ( subtract 16 from both sides )

x = 107

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