Inscribed Angle of a Circle
Posted: June 14th, 2011, 8:24 pm
an inscribed angle
- vertex lies somewhere on the circle
- sides are chords from the vertex to another point in the circle
- creates an arc, called an intercepted arc
- The measure of the inscribed angle is half of the measure of the intercepted arc
look at the picture above
is the inscribed angle
and
are the chords
is the intercepted arc
- Formula: