Circles & their Angles

Warm Up
1.    Asector  =  _____________   2.    Find  the  degree  measure  of  the   3.     The   shaded   area   of   the   circle  
  arc  of  a  sector  with  area  36π  if  the   below   is   24π   in2,   and   the   radius   is  
       Arc  length  =  __________   area  of  the  circle  is  144π.   12  cm.  Find  x.  
   
   
   
x°  
  120˚   12  cm  
   
   
   
 

Vocab
Label the following circle with diameter, radius, chord, tangent, and secant.

(When these lines intersect, special angle/arc relationships occur.)

Central  Angles:   Inscribed  Angles:  

 
 
1. 2. 3.

Discovery Activity
Goal: Create a “Angles Formed by Secants, Tangents, & Chords” Booklet
This will be graded as a quiz!
Supplies you’ll need:
- at least 3 half-sheet papers
- compass
- protractor
- pencils & colored pencils

Page 1: ”Tangent & Chord Meeting On the Circle”

1.) Draw a circle on the half sheet and make a dot at the center.

2.) Draw a random chord through your circle with endpoints A and B.

3.) Create a tangent line from the chord’s endpoints B in one direction.

4.) Measure the arc intercepted AB by the chord

by measuring the central angle. (Use dashed
line for all central angle measuring!)
__________

5.) Measure the angle ABC created between the

chord and the tangent line. __________

6.) Divide the intercepted arc AB by 2.

__________

7.) What is the relationship between the intercepted arc of a chord and the angle
formed by a tangent?
Page 2: ”Two Secants Meeting Outside the Circle”

1.) Draw a circle on the half sheet and make a dot at the center.

2.) Draw two secant lines through the circle that meet at the outside of the circle.
Label A, B, C, D, and E according to the following picture.

3.) Measure the arc AD using the central

angle. __________

4.) Measure the arc BC using the central

angle. __________

5.) Measure the angle BEC. __________

6.) Compute (arc AD – arc BC)/2. _______

7.) What is the relationship between the angle created by two secants meeting
outside the circle and the two intercepted arcs of the secants?

Page 3: ”Secant & Tangent Meeting Outside the Circle”

1.) Draw a circle on the half sheet and make a dot at the center.

2.) Draw one secant lines through the circle and one tangent line that meet at
the outside of the circle. Label A, B, C, and D according to the following
picture.

3.) Measure the arc AC using the central

angle. __________

4.) Measure the arc BC using the central

angle. __________

5.) Measure the angle BDC. __________

6.) Compute (arc AC – arc BC)/2. __________

7.) What is the relationship between the angle created by a secant and a tangent
meeting outside the circle and the two intercepted arcs of the lines?
Page 4: ”Two Tangents Meeting Outside the Circle”

1.) Draw a circle on the half sheet and make a dot at the center.

2.) Draw two tangent line that meet at the outside of the circle. Label A, B, C,
and D according to the following picture.

3.) Measure the arc AC using the central

angle. __________

4.) Measure the arc ABC using the central

angle (or 360 rule). __________

5.) Measure the angle ADC. __________

6.) Compute (arc ABC – arc AC)/2.

__________

7.) What is the relationship between the angle created by two tangent lines
meeting outside the circle and the two intercepted arcs of the lines?

Page 5: ”Two Secants Meeting Inside the Circle”

1.) Draw a circle on the half sheet and make a dot at the center.

2.) Draw two secant lines that meet within the circle, but not at the center. Label
A, B, C, D, and E according to the following picture.

3.) Measure the arc AB using the central angle. ________

4.) Measure the arc CD using the central angle. ________

5.) Measure the angle AEB = __________

6.) Compute (arc AB + arc CD)/2. __________

7.) What is the relationship between the angle created by

two secant lines meeting inside the circle and the two
intercepted arcs of the lines?
Recap
Tangent & Chord Meeting
On the Circle
Ex:

Two Secants Meeting

Outside the Circle

Secant & Tangent Meeting

Outside the Circle

Two Secants Meeting

Outside the Circle

Two Secants Meeting Inside

the Circle
Homework!
Inscribed / Central Angles: Find the values of the missing arc, (?) or find x.

Secants, Tangents, & Chords: Find the values of the missing value (?) or find x.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.