document.write( "Question 1105541: in the accompanying diagram of ΔABC, AB is extended to E and D,
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document.write( "Since there is no accompanying diagram, I drew one.  It may not\r\n" );
document.write( "be turned the same way as the one in your book.\r\n" );
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document.write( "∠CBD and ∠ABC form a linear pair so m∠ABC = 180°-130° = 50°\r\n" );
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document.write( "∠CAE is an exterior angle of ΔABC.\r\n" );
document.write( "The measure of an exterior angle is the sum of the measures\r\n" );
document.write( "of the two remote interior angles.  The two remote interior\r\n" );
document.write( "angles are ∠ABC and ∠C .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So m∠CAE = 50°+75° = 125°\r\n" );
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