Angle Made by a Segment of a Circle

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Angle Made by a Segment of a Circle: Overview

This topic explains concepts such as Circles, Interior of Circles, Exterior of Circles, Identification of Centre inside a Circle, etc.

Important Questions on Angle Made by a Segment of a Circle

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If an angle formed by an arc at the centre of a circle is 100°, then find the angle formed by the same arc at any point on the remaining part of the circle.

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A canal is surrounding a circular city of diameter 4 kilometres. Four lampposts are located on the border of the city close to the canal at locations A, B, C and D, such that a direct path from A to C cuts another direct path from B to D perpendicularly at a junction E. The value EA2+EB2+EC2+ED2 is

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What is the difference between radius of curvature and radius?

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A circle is divided into 5 sectors with area equal to 1:2:3:4:5. Find the angle subtended at the center of the circle by the largest sector.

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The triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle. The bisectors of the angles BAC, ABC and ACB intersect at the points X,Y and Z on the circle respectively. Prove that in XYZYXZ=90°-12BAC

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In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. If ADC=118°, then the value of x is :

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In figure, PQ is the diameter of the circle with centre O. If PQR=65°, RPS=40° & PQM=50°, find QPR, PRS & QPM.

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Jaspreet draws 5 circles as shown in the figure below.

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Jaspreet claims, “These five circles are concentric as they have a common point.”

Do you agree? Give a reason to justify your answer.

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Two circles C1 and C2 are drawn from the same centre. The diameter of C1 is 6 cm, which is one-third of the diameter ofC2 . What is the length of the radius of C2?

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Jasleen adds a line segment RQ to the circle.

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The length of RQ is equal to the length of AB.

Is RQ a chord of the circle? Give a reason to justify your answer.

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Jasleen draws a circle of radius 3.8 cm with centre C

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She wants to draw a perpendicular bisector to the chord AB.

Which of the following cannot be true for the perpendicular bisector of the chord?

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In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle, find the value of x

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In the given figure O is the centre of the circle. Prove that x+y=z

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In the circle, seg AB is a diameter. Point C is in the interior of the circle. Prove that ACB is an obtuse angle.

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In the figure, if ABC=50° and BDC=40°, calculate BCA.

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In the figure, if ABC=50° and BDC=40°, calculate BAC.

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In the figure, if ABC=50° and BDC=40°, calculate CDA.

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In the given figure, O is centre and ABO=30°, then ACB is

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Find the angle y from the diagram.

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A, B and C are three points on the circle with centre O such that AOB=90° and AOC=110°. Find BAC.

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