Question

what is the measure of exterior angle x?
given angles: 37 and 42

Answer 1

To find the measure of the exterior angle x, we need to use the fact that the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of any polygon is always 360 degrees.

Let's assume that the exterior angle x is formed by extending the side with the angle measure of 37 degrees, and the other angle measure is 42 degrees.

We can set up the equation:

37 + 42 + x = 360

Combining like terms:

79 + x = 360

Subtracting 79 from both sides:

x = 360 - 79

Simplifying:

x = 281

Therefore, the measure of the exterior angle x is 281 degrees.