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In a heptagon, the sum of all seven angles is 900 degrees. If you add up the four given angles you will get 600 degrees. In the question it says, "the remaining interior angles are EQUAL" so therefore, the only way to get from 600 to 900 from the remaining three angles is 100. Each remaining angle is 100 degrees

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Heptagons are known to have seven interior angles that add up to 900°, so we must find the last 3. First, add the first four they gave us.


160\circ + 130\circ = 290\circ\\= 290\circ + 170\circ + 140\circ\\170\circ + 140\circ = 310\circ\\= 290\circ + 310\circ\\= 600\circ

We now know that the remaining angles are all 100°, because the question mentions the rest of the interior angles being equal. The only reasonable 3 equal numbers to add up to 900° would be three 100s in this case.

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