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Triangle angle sun Can someone explain how they solved this so I know for future reference-example-1
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Answer: n = 70

Explanation:

The sum of all angles in a triangle is 180 degrees. We know this because the formula for degree measure in a polygon is (180) * (n-2) where n is the number of sides. (ie a square with 4 sides would have 360 total degrees because (180) * (4-2) = 360)

Given the angle of 40 degrees we know that the remaining angles need to add up to 140 degrees. because n = n we can say that 2n = 140 divide by 2 and get n=70

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