The measure of an exterior angle of a triangle

is equal to the sum of the measures of its two remote interior angles.


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1.      1 + 3 + 4 = 180                                        1.     Triangle Sum Theorem.

2.      2 is supplementary to 3                              2.     Linear Pairs are supplementary.

3.      2 + 3 = 180.                                                 3.     Definition of supplementary.

4.      1 + 3 + 4 = 2 + 3                                 4.     Substitution.

5.      1 + 4 = 2                                                    5.     Subtraction.


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