Elementary Geometry for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter P - Preliminary Concepts - P.3 - Informal Geometry and Measurement - Exercises P.3 - Page 24: 39

Answer

$$124^{\circ}$$

Work Step by Step

We know that the angles add to 180 degrees. Thus, the measure of angle 1 is: $$ m \angle 1 = 180^{\circ}-m\angle 2 \\ m \angle 1 = 180^{\circ}-56^{\circ} \\ m \angle 1 = 124 ^{\circ}$$
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