document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389289>Question 389289</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the value of x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A triangle. One exterior angle is 70 and the nonadjacent interior angles are X and 2X + 10. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the exterior angles is 360 degrees.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The exterior corresponding to \"x\" is 180-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The exterior correspondiing to \"2x+10\" = 180-(2x+10) = -2x+170<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(180-x)+(-2x+170) + 70 = 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x + 420 = 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x = -60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20 degrees<BR>\n" );
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