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What is the measure of the exterior angle?
A 18°
8
54°
C 77%
D 1032

What is the measure of the exterior angle? A 18° 8 54° C 77% D 1032-example-1

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Answer:

The exterior angle is equal to 77°

Explanation:

We know that all three angles of a triangle are equal to 180°. We also know that the exterior angle and its adjacent angle are equal to 180°.

1) We can find the angle adjacent to the exterior angle is 180-(3x+23), we can simplify this and get 157-3x for that angle.

2) We can create the equation 4x-15+2x-16+157-3x=180. After simplifying we get 3x+126=180.

3) To solve for x we can subtract 126 from both sides, 3x=54. We can divide 3 from both sides to isolate x, we get x=18.

4) Substitute the x value into the given term for the exterior angle, 3(18)+23

5) After simplifying you get 77

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