Secants, Tangents, and Angles Answers

A secant and a tangent meet at a 90° angle outside the circle. What must be the difference between the measures of the intercepted arcs?

Circle X is shown in the diagram.

A circle is shown. Secant P N and tangent O N intersect at point N outside of the circle to form an angle with a measure of 45 degrees. The measure of arc M O is 83 degrees.

Circle C is shown. Secants A D and D J intersects at point D outside of the circle. Secant A D intersects the circle at point B and secant D J intersects the circle at point E. Angle D is 37 degrees and the measure of arc B E is 38 degrees. Secants A G and J G intersect at point G outside of the circle. Secant A G intersects the circle at point F and secant J G intersects the circle at point H. Angle G is 32 degrees.

Circle P is shown. Tangents X Y and Z Y intersect at point Y outside of the circle to form an angle with measure 72 degrees. The first arc formed has a measure of x degrees, and the second arc has a measure of (360 minus x) degrees.

Circle O is shown. Secants C A and C E intersect at point C outside of the circle to form an angle with measure 36 degrees. Secant C A intersects the circle at point B, and secant C E intersects the circle at point D. Arc B D is 48 degrees.

A circle is shown. Secant R T and tangent U T intersect at point T outside of the circle to form an angle with a measure of 21 degrees. Secant R T intersects the circle at point S. Arc R U is 119 degrees.

Circle Y is shown. 2 chords intersect. Angle 1 intercepts an arc with measure 37 degrees. Angle 2 intercepts an arc with measure 25 degrees.

Circle O is shown. Tangents C B and A B intersect at point B outside of the circle. The measure of the first arc formed is 126 degrees, and the measure of the second arc formed is 234 degrees.

Circle P is shown. Tangents R S and T S intersect at point S outside of the circle to form angle x. The first arc formed is arc y, and the second arc formed is arc z.