A triangle not only has inside angles but outside angles as well. When a triangle's side is extended, the extension creates another angle. This angle, called an outside or exterior angle, has a special relationship with the angle adjacent to it. The two angles become supplementary angles, which are angles that have a combined measurement of 180 degrees. You can find the measurements of a triangle's outside angles by working with the measurements of its inside ones.
An exterior angle is created by extending a side of a triangle. To confirm it's an exterior angle, check that it is adjacent to one of the interior angles and verify that they are supplementary. This understanding helps identify exterior angles in triangles easily.
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