I have attached a diagram of the triangle described.
We can use any of the trigonometric functions to find angle x. Remember, SOH CAH TOA. And since we're finding the angle, we'll need to use an inverse trigonometric function. For this problem, I'll be using the sine function.
sin(x) = 84 / 85
x = sin^-1(84/85)
x = 81.2026 degrees (feel free to round to however many places you need)
Turn the question around. If all the numbers were positive: 2.5, 1.6, 3 1/10, 1/10, and 0.5, which would be farthest to the right?
The fact is that the negative numbers are a reflection of the positive numbers. Since 3 1/10 would be farthest to the right with positive numbers, -3 1/10 will be farthest to the left with the negative numbers.