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Let’s write the value of x in each of the following figure.


The given figure is as shown below:



Given ABC = 40°, BAD = 60°, ADC = 20°


To find the exterior angle, i.e., ext BCD = x°


Now the given figure is a concave quadrilateral; we will divide it into two by drawing a line joining AC.


By doing this we will get two triangles,


Quadrilateral ABCD = ΔABC + ΔADC


We know in a triangle the sum of all three interior angles is equal to 180°.


So in this case,


Quadrilateral ABCD = 180° + 180° = 360°


So in a quadrilateral the sum of all four interior angles is equal to 360°.


So in the given quadrilateral,


ABC + BCD + ADC + BAD = 360°


Substituting the values, we get


40° + BCD + 20° + 60° = 360°


BCD = 360° - 60° - 20° - 40°


int. BCD = 240°


From figure BCD is reflex angle, so


360° = interior BCD + Exterior BCD


Ext BCD = 360° - int. BCD


Substituting the values, we get


Ext BCD = 360° - 240°


Ext BCD = 120°


So the measurement of exterior angle in the given figure is 120°.


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