10.2 Measuring Angles and Arcs Reitz High School
Targets: Recognize major arcs, minor arcs, semicircles, and central angles and their measures Find arc length
Central Angle An angle with its vertex located at the center of a circle THE MEASURE OF A CENTRAL ANGLE IS THE SAME AS THE MEASURE OF ITS INTERCEPTED ARC.
Central Angle AOB.
Angles and Arcs The sum of the measures of the central angles is 360°. m<1 + m<2 +m<3 +m<4 = 360
Minor Arc A minor arc is less then 180° and is labeled using the two endpoints. A major arc is greater than 180° but less than 360° and is labeled using the two endpoints and another point on the arc.
Minor Arc : Label with 2 endpoints: UV or VU
Major Arc: Label with 3 points: ACB
Semicircle A semicircle measures 180° and is labeled using the two endpoints and another point on the arc.
Semicircle: Label with 3 letters: AKB, ACB, AHB
Angles and Arcs Theorem 10.1: In the same circle or circles, two arcs are iff their corresponding central angles are .
Postulate 10.1: Arc Addition: Arc Addition Postulate: The measure of an arc formed by two adjacent arcs is the sum of the measures of the arcs.
Arc Addition Sketch:
Example 1a: ALGEBRA: Refer to . Assume RV is a diameter. Find .
Example 1a: The sum of the measures of Substitution Simplify. Add 2 to each side. Divide each side by 26. Use the value of x to find Given Substitution Answer: 52
Example 1b: ALGEBRA: Refer to . Assume RV is a diameter. Find .
Example 1b: form a linear pair. Linear pairs are supplementary. Substitution Simplify. Subtract 140 from each side. Answer: 40
Your Turn: Refer to . Assume AD and BE are diameters. a. Find m b. Find m Answer: 65 Answer: 40
Example 2a: In bisects and Find .
Example 2a: is a minor arc, so is a semicircle. is a right angle. Arc Addition Postulate Substitution Subtract 90 from each side. Answer: 90
Example 2b: In bisects and Find .
Example 2b: since bisects . is a semicircle. Arc Addition Postulate Subtract 46 from each side. Answer: 67
Example 2c: In bisects and Find .
Example 2c: Vertical angles are congruent. Substitution. Substitution. Subtract 46 from each side. Substitution. Subtract 44 from each side. Answer: 316
Your Turn: In and are diameters, and bisects Find each measure. a. b. Answer: 54 Answer: 72 Answer: 234
Arc Length Another way to measure an arc is by its length. An arc is part of a circle, so its length is part of the circumference. Arc Length = 𝑚 360 2⫪r m= measure of central angle r= radius of circle
Example 3: In and . Find the length of .
Example 3: degree measure of arc degree measure of whole circle arc length circumference Answer: The length of is units or about 3.14 units.
Your Turn: In and . Find the length of . Answer: units or about 49.48 units