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A side of the triangle below has been extended to form an exterior angle of 124°. Find the value of x.

A side of the triangle below has been extended to form an exterior angle of 124°. Find-example-1

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Answer:

56 degrees

Explanation:

The angles x and 124 are supplementary angles, which means they add up to 180 degrees.

Thus,

We are left with this equation.


124 + x = 180

Subtracting 124 from both sides, we are left with


x = 56

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