circle geometry radius (or radii for plural) the segment joining the center of a circle to a point...
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Radius (or Radii for plural)
O
A The segment joining the center of a circle to a point on the circle.
Example: OA
Arc
A figure consisting of two points on a circle and all the points on the circle needed to connect them by a single path.
Example: arc AB
A
B
Diagram of Arcs
CD B
Aminor arc: AB
major arc: ABD
Measure of a minor arc – the measure of its central angleMeasure of a major arc – the difference between 360° and the measure of its associated minor arc.
Example 2 Find the measures of the red arcs. Are the arcs congruent?
41
41
AC
D
EmAC = mDE = 41Since the arcs are in the same circle, they are congruent!
Inscribed Angle
AB
C
An angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides are determined by two chords.
Example: Angle ABC
Example 1 Find the measure of the blue arc or angle.
RS
QT
a.
mQTS = 2(90 ) = 180
b.80
E
FG
mEFG = 1
2(80 ) = 40
Example 1
Tell whether the line or segment is best described as a chord, a secant, a tangent, a diameter, or a radius.
FC
B
G
A
H
D
E
Id. CE
c. DF
b. EI
a. AH tangent
diameter
chord
radius
Tangent Theorem
The tangent is a line or line segment that touches the perimeter of a circle at one point only and is perpendicular to the radius that contains the point.
Example 3
Tell whether CE is tangent to D.
45
43
11
D
E
C
Use the converse of the Pythagorean Theorem to see if the triangle is right.
112 + 432 ? 452
121 + 1849 ? 2025
1970 2025
CED is not right, so CE is not tangent to D.
Definitions
Inscribed polygon – a polygon whose vertices all lie on a circle.
Circumscribed circle – A circle with an inscribed polygon.
The polygon is an inscribed polygon and the circle is a circumscribed circle.
Inscribed Quadrilateral
If a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then both pairs of opposite angles are supplementary.
1. Problem: Find the measure of arc GDE.
Solution: By the theorem stated above, angle D and angle F are supplementary. Therefore, angle F equals 95o. The first theorem discussed in this section tells us the measure of an arc is twice that of its inscribed angle. With that theorem, arc GDE is 190o.
Inscribed Right Triangle Theorem
If a right triangle is inscribed in a circle, then the hypotenuse is a diameter of the circle. Conversely, if one side of an inscribed triangle is a diameter of the circle, then the triangle is a right triangle and the angle opposite the diameter is the right angle. A
C
BB is a right angle if and only if ACis a diameter of the circle.
Example 3 Find the value of each variable.
2x
Q
A
B
C
a.
2x = 90
x = 45
b. z
y
80
120
D
E
F
G
mD + mF = 180
z + 80 = 180
z = 100
mG + mE = 180
y + 120 = 180
y = 60
Chord Product Theorem
If two chords intersect in the interior of a circle, then the product of the lengths of the segments of one chord is equal to the product of the lengths of the segments of the other chord.
E
C
D
A
B
EA EB = EC ED