SOLUTION: The degree measures of the angles of a triangle are x, y, and z. If x, y, and z are integers and x < y < z, what is the least possible value of one of the exterior angles? The de

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Question 1177256: The degree measures of the angles of a triangle are x, y, and z. If x, y, and z are integers and x < y < z, what is the least possible value of one of the exterior angles? The degree measures of the angles of a triangle are x, y, and z. If x, y, and z are integers and x < y < z, what is the least possible value of one of the exterior angles?
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If all of the measures of the angles are integers, then the largest interior angle would be 178 degrees which would occur when the other two interior angles were 1 degree each. Since an exterior angle is supplementary to the associated interior angle, the smallest possible exterior angle would be supplementary to the largest possible interior angle and would therefore measure 2 degrees.


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