Geometry

Arcs and Chords

Goals
 Identify arcs & chords in circles
 Compute arc measures and angle
measures

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Central Angle

An angle whose
vertex is the
center of a
A circle.

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Minor Arc
C Part of a circle.
The measure of
the central
T angle is less
than 180.
A

CT
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Semicircle
C Half of a circle. The
endpoints of the arc
are the endpoints of
a diameter. The
central angle
A T
measures 180.

D
CTD
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Major Arc
C Part of a circle.
The measure of
the central
angle is greater
than 180.
T
A

D CTD
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Major Arc
C
CTD
BUT NOT

CDT
T
A

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Measuring Arcs
 An arc has the same measure as the
central angle.
 We say, “a central angle subtends an arc
of equal measure”.
A mACB  42
42
42
B
m AB  42
C

Central Angle Demo

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Measuring Major Arcs
 The measure of an major arc is given by
360  measure of minor arc.

A
mACB  42
42 m AB  42
42
B
C
D

mADB  360  42  318

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Arc Addition Postulate
Postulate Demonstration
R

A
C
T

mRAT  mRA  mAT

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What have you learned so far?
 Page 607 Q
 Do problems 3 – 8. 40
 Answers… R
 3) mRS  60 T 60
 4) mRPS 300
 5) mPQR180 S
P
 6) mQS 100
 7) mQSP 220 120
 8)mQTR  40

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Subtending Chords
A Chord AB
subtends AB.
B
O

C Chord BC
subtends BC.

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Theorem 12.4
 Two minor arcs are congruent if and
only if corresponding chords are
congruent.

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Theorem 12.4

If AB  CD, then AB  CD.

B
A

C
D
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 Example
Solve for x.

120 (5x + 10)

5x + 10 = 120
5x = 110
x = 22

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Theorem 12.5
 If a diameter is perpendicular to a
chord, then it bisects the chord and
the subtended arc.

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Example

Solve for x.
52
2x = 52
2x x = 26

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Theorem 12.6
 If a chord is the perpendicular
bisector of another chord, then it is a
diameter.

Diameter

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Theorem 12.7
 Two chords are congruent if and only
if they are equidistant from the center
of a circle.

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The red wires are the same length because
they are the same distance from the center of
the grate.

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Example

16 Solve for x.

4x – 2 = 16
4x = 18
x = 18/4
x = 4.5

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Summary
 Chords in circles subtend major and
minor arcs.
 Arcs have the same measure as their
central angles.
 Congruent chords subtend congruent
arcs and are equidistant from the
center.
 If a diameter is perpendicular to a
chord, then it bisects it.
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Practice Problems

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