 What is a central angle?

 What is a major arc?

 How do you find the measure
of a major arc?
 How do you name a major
arc?
central angle
 What is a minor arc?
A
 How do you find the measure
of a minor arc?
 How do you name a minor minor
arc? major P
arc
 What is a semi-circle? arc
 Two arcs are congruent B
when… C
Apoint H is
called the

 

midpoint of CHB
if CH  HB .
Any line,
segment, or ray

that contains H
bisects CHB .
What is a chord?
 Any segment with
endpoints that are on
the circle
 The endpoints of a
chord are also the
endpoints of an arc.


 AB is a chord, while
AB is formed by the
same endpoints.
In the same circle,
or in congruent A
circles, two minor
arcs are congruent
if and only if their
corresponding
chords are

congruent.
AB  BC if and only if
B
C

AB  BC
  Ifa diameter (or radius) of
a circle is perpendicular to
a chord, then the diameter
bisects the chord and its
arc. F

 
DE  EF ,
DG  GF
E
 From this, if one chord is a G
perpendicular bisector of
another chord, then the D
first chord is a diameter.
 D (x + 40)°
 Youcan use


Theorem 10.2 to
find m AD .
2x°

 
• Because AD  DC,
 
and AD DC . So,
m AD = m DC
A
B

2x = x + 40
x = 40 Substitute
Subtract x from each
side.
Step 1: Draw
any two
chords that
are not
parallel to
each other.
Step 2: Draw
the
perpendicular
bisector of
each chord.
These are the
diameters.
Step 3: The
perpendicula
r bisectors
center

intersect at
the circle’s
center.
 Inthe same circle, or
in congruent circles,
two chords are C
G
congruent if and only D
if they are equidistant
from the center. E

 (recall
distance is
measured by a B

perpendicular line) A
F

AB  CD if and only if

EF  EG.
AB = 8; DE = 8, and
CD = 5. Find CF. A
8 F

E
5
8
G

D
Because AB and DE
are congruent
chords, they are A

equidistant from 8 F

the center. So CF
 CG. To find CG,
B

first find DG.

C

CG  DE, so CG 5
E

bisects DE.
8
G

Because8
DE = 8, D

DG = 2 =4.
Then use DG to find
CG. A

DG = 4 and CD = 5, so 8 F

∆CGD is a 3-4-5 B

right triangle. 3 C

So CG = 3. Finally,
use CG to find CF. 5
E

Because CF  CG, CF G
8

= CG = 3 D
 An inscribed angle
is an angle whose
vertex is on a circle
and whose sides
contain chords of intercepted arc

the circle.
inscribed angle
 The arc that lies in
the interior of an
inscribed angle and
has endpoints on
the angle is called
the intercepted arc
of the angle.
 A

Ifan angle is
inscribed in a
circle, then its C
measure is one D
half the measure
B
of its intercepted
arc.
mADB = ½m AB
Find the
measure of the S R

blue arc.

•m QTS =
2mQRS

•2(90°) = 180° T Q
Find the
measure of the W
blue arc.

•m ZWX =
Z

•115°
2mZYX
•2(115°) = 230°
Y
X
 Find
mACB, A
mADB, and
mAEB.
•60

The measure of each E B

 
angle is half the
measure of AB
m AB = 60°, so the
C
measure of each D

angle is 30°
Iftwo inscribed A

angles of a
circle intercept
the same arc,
then the angles
are congruent. D B

C  D
C
It is given that G

mE = 75°. What

is mF?

E

and F both E
intercept GH , so
•75
°
E  F. So, mF
= mE = 75° F

H
 If
all of the vertices
of a polygon lie on a
circle, the polygon is
inscribed in the circle
and the circle is
circumscribed about
the polygon.
 The polygon is an
inscribed polygon and
the circle is a
circumscribed circle.
 Theorem 10.7- If an inscribed angle intercepts a
semicircle, the angle is a right angle.
 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.
 B is a right angle if and only if AC is a diameter of
the circle.
A

C
A quadrilateral can be
inscribed in a circle if
and only if its opposite F
angles are
supplementary. E

 D, E, F, and G lie on
some circle, C, if and C

only if mD + mF =

180° and mE + mG = G
180° D
 Find
the value of B

each variable.

 AB is a diameter.
So, C is a right Q

angle and mC = 90°

 2x° = 90°
 x = 45
•2x°
A
C
 Find
the value of D
each variable. •z°
E
•120°

 DEFG is inscribed in
a circle, so opposite •80°
angles are F
supplementary.
 mD + mF = 180° •y°
 z + 80 = 180 G
 z = 100
 Find
the value of D
each variable. •z°
E
•120°

 DEFG is inscribed in
a circle, so opposite •80°
F
angles are
supplementary.
•y°
 mE + mG = 180°
 y + 120 = 180 G

 y = 60