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Angles Around a Point

Part of the Angles section of Coddy's Geometry journey. Lesson 22 of 62.

Stand rays out from a single point in every direction and look at the angles between them. Together they sweep once around the point: a full turn. So angles around a point always add to 360°.

Three angles around a point: 140, 130 and y degrees

In the figure, y + (140 + 130) = 360. Add the known measures to get y + 270 = 360, then subtract 270 to find y = 90. For several adjacent angles making a full turn, subtract the sum of the known measures from 360°.

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Challenge

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Three angles share the point in the figure: 160°, 85° and x°.

Three angles around a point: 160, 85 and x degrees

Find x.

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x + (160 + 85) = 360

Solve for x

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