Circles and Angles
Circles and Angles
Angle
Formulas
11
Example: Give AD is the diameter, find the
0
value of x and y and z in the figure. O 110
B
25 C
x Z
A y
x 25
55 z
O y 180 (25 55 ) 180 80 100
D z 55
A 2x = 2(26) = 52°
2x – 14 = 2(26) – 14 = 38°
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 4
Inscribed Angle
Inscribed Angle: An angle whose vertex lies on a circle and whose
sides are chords of the circle (or one side tangent to the circle).
C
ABC is an inscribed angle. B
O
Examples: A D
1 2 3
4
11
0
55
C
D
Z
Intercepted Arc
B
An angle formed by a chord and a tangent can be considered an
inscribed angle. mAB
mABC
2
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 7
Examples: Find the value of x and y in the fig.
F A
A
y 40
D
50
50 B y
B
x
x
C
m
C
AD 40 E
E x 20
m
AC 2 2
50 mAC 100
2 mAD mD C 40 y
50
m
AC 100 2 2
x y 50
2 2 100 40 y y 60
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 8
An angle inscribed in a semicircle is a
right angle.
P 180
90
S
x y 1 x y 2
x y 3
x y 1 y 2
x x y 3
x y x y x y
m1 m2 m3
2 2
2
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 13
Example: Exterior Angle Theorem
In the given figure find the mACB.
1
mACB (m ADB m AD )
B
2
265
1
mACB (265 95 )
95
2
C 1
mACB (170 ) 85
A 2
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 14
100 , mCE
Given AF is a diameter , mAG 30 and mEF
25.
Find the measure of all numbered angles.
80
m1 mFG
Dm2 m
AG 100
C 6 1 55
m3 ( mCE
mEF ) 22.5
30°
2 2
E 1 80 155
25° m 4 ( mGF m ACE ) 117.5
3 Q 5 2 2
A
2 1 4 F m5 180 117.5 62.5
1 ) 1 (100 30) 35
m6 (m AG mCE
2 2
100°
G
Lesson 8-5: Angle Formulas 15
Inscribed Quadrilaterals
If a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then the opposite
angles are supplementary.
A
B