Name ______________________________________________ Date ______________ Period _____

Central & Inscribed Angles A Geometry

Angle Relationships

1) Central Angle
The degree measure of an arc is ________________________________

___________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

If , then ___________.

According to the provided circle:

Major Arc = _______________ Minor Arc = ______________

A circle gets it’s name from the center. Therefore, the diagram above is called Circle P.

Examples:
1) 2) 3)

4) Given: Circle P,

Find: a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

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2) Inscribed Angle
To find the measure of an inscribed angle, we _____________________

__________________________________________________________.

Formula: ________________________________________

Examples:
1) Find when 2) Find when

3) Find = ________________

______________

______________

_______________

Mixed Examples (Common Core)

4) In the figure below, O is the center of the circle and segment AD is a diameter.
a.) Find m<AOB.

b.) If m<AOB:m<COD = 3:4, what is m<BOC?

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5) In the circle shown, BC is a diameter with center A. m<CBE = 26o and m<BDA = 18o.
a.) Find the measure of .

b.) Find m<BAE.

c.) Find m<DAB.

6) The diagram below is of Circle A. Use the information given to find the measure of the labeled angles.

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Name ______________________________________________ Date ______________ Period _____
Central & Inscribed Angles Homework A Geometry

Central & Inscribed Angles Homework

Complete the following examples. Show all work, including formulas for free-response questions. A
correct answer with no work shown will not receive credit on a test or quiz.

1.) In the diagram below of circle O, m<ABC = 24. What is the m<AOC?
(1) 12
(2) 24
(3) 48
(4) 60

2.) As shown in the diagram below, quadrilateral DEFG is inscribed in a circle and m<D = 86.
a.) Determine and state .

b.) Determine and state m<F.

3.) Given Circle A, the m<B = 32o. Find m<ACD.

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4.) In circle A, . Find the following measures.
a.)

b.) m<BAC

c.) m<DAE

d.)

5.) Use the diagram below to find the measure of <BCD. Given: and <FED = 66o.

Review Questions:
6.) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment with endpoints (2,-5) and (8,3)?
(1) (3,-4) (2) (3,-1) (3) (5,-4) (4) (5,-1)

7.) If two sides of a triangle have lengths of 4 and 10, the third side could be
(1) 8 (2) 2 (3) 16 (4) 4

8.) Write an equation of a line that is parallel to the line whose equation is 3y = x + 6 and passes through
the point (-3,4)

9.) Quadrilateral HYPE has vertices H(2,3), Y(1,7), P(-2,7), and E(-2,4). State and label the coordinates of
the vertices H”Y”P”E” after the composition transformations .

10.) The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 540o. Determine and state the number of
degrees in one interior angle of the polygon.

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Name ______________________________________________ Date ______________ Period _____
Inside Angles Notes B Geometry

Angle Relationships
3) Inside Angles
Given that and are chords.
The measure of an angle formed by two chords intersecting within a

circle is _________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________.

A chord goes from one end of a circle to the other. A diameter is a specific type of chord that goes
through the center of the circle.

1.) If and , 2.) If and ,

find find

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3.) If and , 4.) If and ,
find find

Common Core Examples:

5.) and . Find the following measures.

a.) m<BCF

b.) m<EDF

c.) m<CFE

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6.) In the diagram of the circle shown below, arcs BA and DE are equal in measure, and m<CAE = 62o.
. What is the measure <DQA?

7.) In the diagram below, chords AB and CD intersect at E. If m<AEC = 4x, measure of arc AC = 120, and
measure of arc DB = 2x, what is the value of x?

(1) 12

(2) 20

(3) 30

(4) 60

8.) In the accompanying figure of circle 0, chords AB and CD intersect at E and segment AD is a diameter.
If the measure of arc CB is 82o, find m<AED.

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Name ______________________________________________ Date ______________ Period _____
Inside Angles Homework B Geometry

Inside Angles: Homework

Complete the following questions. Show work, when necessary.

1.) In the diagram below of circle O, chords and intersect at point B, such that and
. What is m<ABC?

(1) 56

(2) 36

(3) 28

(4) 8

2.) In the accompanying diagram, is a diameter of circle O and chord intersects diameter at E.
If and , find m<DEB.

3.) In the accompanying diagram of circle O, chords and intersect at E and

.

a.) Find .

b.) Find

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4.) Find the value of x for the following:

a.) b.)

5.) is a diameter of circle A. Find the following measures.

a.)

b.)

c.)

Review Questions:

6.) What is the contrapositive of “If a number has exactly two factors, it is a prime number”?

7.) Triangle A’B’C’ is the image of triangle ABC after a dilation of 2. Which statement is true?

(1) AB = A’B’ (2) BC = 2(B’C’) (3) (4)

8.) The slope of is and the slope of is . If , determine and state the value of x.

9.) Line segment AB has endpoint A located at the origin. Line segment AB is longest when the
coordinates of B are

(1) (3,7) (2) (2,-8) (3) (-6,4) (4) (-5,-5)

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Name:_____________________________________________ Date:______________________________ Period:_____
Angle Relationships C Geometry

Outside Angles
Outside Angles
There are three types of outside angles.
2 secants 1 secant & 1 tangent 2 tangents

To find the measure of an exterior angle : or

Examples:
1) Given and 2) Given and

find find

3) Given and 4) Given and

find find

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5) Given and 6) Given find and
.
find

7) Find the value of y. 8) Find the value of x.

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Name:___________________________________ Date:__________________________ Period:________

Outside Angles Homework C Geometry

1) In the diagram below of circle , secant 2) In the accompanying diagram, and

and secant are drawn, and are secants. If and
. What is the measure of ? find .

3) The diagram shows two lengths of wire attached 4) In the diagram of circle , secant
to a wheel so that AB and BC are tangents. If the and secant are drawn,
, find m<A. and m<A = 23, find

5) In the accompanying diagram, if 6) In the diagram of circle , secant

and what is ? and secant are drawn,
and m<A = 20, find

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7) In the diagram below of circle , secant 8) In the accompanying diagram, if
and secant are drawn, and and find .
. What is ?

9) The diagram shows circle O with diameter AOB 10) In the diagram of circle , tangent
extended through B to external point P. If and secant are drawn, is twice
, find m<CPA. (Hint: you and m<P = 50, find .
have to find the arcs first. Think of how many
degrees are in a circle!)

11) Find the value of x.

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12) Find the value of x.

Review Questions:
13) What is the slope of the line segment with endpoints (2,-5) and (8,3)?

14)

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15)

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Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________________
Tangent & Chords D Geometry

Do Now:
In circle A, = 56, and is a diameter. Find the listed measure, and explain your
answers.

a) ____________

b) ____________

c) ____________

d) ____________

Tangent & Chord Angle Relationships

If a tangent and a chord intersect at a point on a circle, then the

measure of each angle formed is half the measure of the
intercepted arc.

Formula:

- **Go in to angle –

divide by 2**
- **Go out to arc –

multiply by 2**
-

Examples:
1.) If find the value of x and 2.) If find and

the

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3.) If , find and 4.) If find

5.) If , find the value of x, y and z. 6.) Find the value of , y and z.

7.) Find x, if the line shown is a tangent to circle A 8.) Line PC is tangent to the circle
at point C,
at point B. CD = DE and is 2:3.
Find x, y and z.

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9.) Find the value of a, b and c. 10.) Find the value of a and b.

11.) Find the value of a and b. 12.) CHALLENGE

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Name ______________________________________________ Date _________________________
Tangent & Chords D Geometry

Tangent & Chord Angle Homework

Directions: For #1 – 9, solve for the value of a, b and/or c.
1.) 2.) 3.)

4.) 5.) 6.)

7.) 8.) 9.)

10.) BH is a tangent to circle A. DF is a diameter. Find the angle measures:

a) = _______
b) = _______
c) = _______
d) = _______

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 e) = _______
f) = _______

11.) In the accompanying diagram, is tangent to circle O at B, is a chord, and is

a diameter.
If find

12.) BC and CD are tangents to circle A. DE is a diameter. If and is

2:3,
find the angle measures:

a) = _______
b) = _______
c) = _______
d) = _______
e) = _______
f) = _______

Review Section:
13.) Solve for x and y.

14.) If the perimeter of a square is 32, what is the length of the diagonal?

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15.) The surface area of a sphere is 100 ft2. Find the measure of the radius of the sphere.

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Name:_____________________________________________________ Date:_________________________ Period:_______
Circles Review Sheet

For the following questions, solve using your knowledge of circles.

1) In the diagram below of circle , chords and 2) In the accompanying diagram,

chords
intersect at point , such that and and intersect at . If
and
. Find and . , find .

3) In the following diagram of circle , and 4) In the accompanying diagram,

is a
are chords and . What is ? diameter and . Find
.

5) In the accompanying diagram of circle , 6) In the accompanying diagram of

circle ,
What is ? and What
is ?

7) In the accompanying diagram of circle , 8) In the accompanying diagram of

circle , the
and . What is measure of . What is
?
the ?

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9) 10)

11) 12)

13) In circle , is a chord and is a tangent. 14) In the accompanying diagram,

tangent and
Find the value of . secant are drawn to circle from
point . If
and , find
.

15) 16) Find the value of x, y, and z.

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17) A and C are points on a circle with center O.
(a) Draw a point B on the circle so that is a diameter.
Then, draw the angle ABC.
(b) What angle in your diagram is an inscribed angle?
(c) What angle in your diagram is a central angle?
(d) What is the intercepted arc of ?
(e) What is the intercepted arc of ?

18) Toby says that is a right triangle because . Is he correct? Justify your
answer.

19) Find the value of x. 20) Find the value of x.

21) In the accompanying diagram, tangent and secant are drawn to circle O and

Find:
(a) =__________

(b) =__________

(c) =__________

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22) In circle O, diameters and intersect at center O; chord , tangent , secant . If
, , find:

(a) =__________

(b) =__________

(c) =__________

(d) = __________

(e) =__________

23) In the accompanying diagram of circle O, is a tangent, is a secant, is a midpoint of ,

, and . Find:

(a) =__________

(b) =__________

(c) =__________

(d) = __________

(e) =__________

Remember: There will be review questions! This topic is VERY IMPORTANT.

You need to make sure you study for this exam!

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Answer Key:

Circles Review Sheet:

1.) m<ABC = 28, m<ABD = 152 2.) m<CEA = 125 3.) m<ABC = 47

4.) m<CBA = 65 5.) m<ABC = 50 6.)

7.) 8.) m<RTS = 32 9.) m<A = 19

10.) m<BAP = 30 11.) m<DBC = 72 12.) (4)

13.) x = 210 14.) 15.) m<C = 90

16.) y = 84, x = 168, z = 192 17.) SKIP

18.) No he is not correct because m<BEA = 95. 19.) x = 60

20.) x = 60 21.) (a) 90 (b) 45 (c) 30

22.) (a) 100 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 40 (e) 50 23.) (a) 86 (b) 51 (c) 47 (d) 90 (e) 43

Review Chapters

1.) y + 1 = -2(x – 3) 2.) x = 5; m<FHB = 105; m<BHE = 75 3.) correct construction

4.) right scalene 5.) (0,5), (1,6) 6.) (5,3) 7.) TS = 3; SU = 2.7; p = 9.7

8.) correct proof 9.) (a) x = 12 (b) x = 4 10.) r = 6

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