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The measures of the angles of a triangle are 40, 55 and 85. What is the measure of the largest exterior angle of the triangle?

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The largest external angle will be that of the smallest interior angle. It will be equal to 180 minus the interior angle, which it forms a linear pair with.

Ext. Angle = 180 - 40 = 140 degrees

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