Question

What is the measure of the exterior angle, x? Show your work. 32 and 37

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To find the measure of the exterior angle \( x \), we can make use of the fact that the exterior angle of a polygon is equal to the sum of the two remote interior angles that are not adjacent to it.

Given two interior angles measuring \( 32^\circ \) and \( 37^\circ \), we first calculate the sum of these two angles:

\[
32^\circ + 37^\circ = 69^\circ
\]

According to the exterior angle theorem:

\[
x = 180^\circ - \text{(sum of the two given interior angles)}
\]

Since the exterior angle is equal to the sum of the two other non-adjacent interior angles (in this case, it should be equal to \( 69^\circ \)):

\[
x = 69^\circ
\]

Thus, the measure of the exterior angle \( x \) is \( 69^\circ \).