Question

In triangle LMN, the measure of angle L is 50° and the measure of angle M 70°. What is the measure of the exterior angle to angle N?

Answer 1

120°

Explanation:

The 3 angle measures of a triangle will always equal 180.

Since we've already got two angles, all we need to do is a simple equation to get our missing angle:

180-(50+70)=60

Now that we've got the missing angle, we need to calculate the exterior angle, the thing we're here for. We know (hopefully at this point) that an exterior angle and its interior angle are a linear pair, meaning that the two add up to 180. Knowing this, we can do this equation to finish off the question:

180-60=120

And there's your answer, 120°

There's also a shorter way of doing this, let me know if you'd like to see it. But for now, hope I helped!