Welcome to CIRCLES!

Vocabulary

chord

sectant

diameter

radius

tangent

1) A circle is…

a set point of euidistant from a common point

2) A radius is…

the segment from the center of a circle to the circle

3) A chord is…

the segment connecting two points on a circle

4) A diameter is…

the chord that goes through the center (the longest chord)

5) Two circles are said to be congruent circles if and only if...

the have a congruent radii

6) An arc is…

a part of the circle connecting two points

7) A minor arc is…

less than half of the circle. labeled with two letters and the arc c

8) A major arc is…

more than half of the circle, and is labeled with 3 letters and the arc symbol

9) A secant is…

a line that goes through a circle at 2 places

10) A tangent to a circle is

a line that touches a circle at only one place

11) Theorem: If a line is drawn tangent to a circle, then that line is always

perpendicular
_______________________________ radius
to the _______________________________ of
that

point of tangency
circle drawn to the _________________________________________________.

11^2+ 60^2

121+3600=3721
12) A central angle is…

an angle formed by two radii

How does the measure of a central angle (of a circle) compare with the
measure of the arc it intercepts?

it is the same

360

280

180

148

112

180
13) An inscribed angle is…

an angle formed by two chords

How does the measure of an inscribed angle (of a circle) compare with the
measure of the arc it intercepts?

the angle is half of the ark

right angle
An inscribed angle that intercepts a semicircle is a ______________________.

EXAMPLES:

158/2=79
86+100=186

299
68 x 2=136

35 x 2= 70 116/2=58 arc c is congruent to arc p

14) Intersecting lines and circles:

inscribed
____________________ interior
____________________ exterior
____________________

Theorem: If you have intersecting lines inside a circle, the angle formed by the intersecting
half
lines is ____________________________ sum
of the ______________________________ of the intercepted arcs.

152+88=240

240/2=120

109+75= 184
184/2=92

x+84/2=82 78 x 2=156

x=66/2=78

156-66=90

Theorem: If you have intersecting lines outside of a circle, the angle formed by the
half
intersecting chords is ____________________________ distance
of the ______________________________ of the
intercepted arcs.

360-100=260
152-82=70
260-100=160
70/2=35
160/2=80

45x2=90

155-90=65
 product
Theorem: If two chords intersect in the interior of a circle, then the _________________________

peices of the chords

of the ______________________________________________________________ equal
is ______________________.

AxB=CxD 10*6=12*x 10*18=9(x-3)

x=23
60/12=12x/12 180=9x-27
207=9x
5=x

product
Theorem: If two secants intersect in the exterior of a circle, then the _______________________ of the

sectant
______________________________________ the exterior part
and ______________________________________is equal
______________________ .

(a+b)(a)=(c+d)(c) 16*6=(x+8)8 12*5=(x+4)

96-8x=69 32=8x
x=4
product
Theorem: If a secant and a tangent intersect in the exterior of a circle, then the _______________________ of

sectant
the ______________________________________ the exterior part
and ______________________________________is

equal
______________________ suare of the tangent
to the __________________________________________________________________ .

(12+x)(12)= (24)^2
(b+c)(b)=a^2 x^2=16(9)
144+12x=576
x^2=144
12x=432 x=36
x=12
Standard Equation of a Circle:

________________________________

x= y=

h= k=

r=

EXAMPLES:

1) Write the equation of a circle with a radius of 3 and a center at the point (3,-4).

2) Write the equation of a circle that contains the point (-1,8) and whose center is at the
point (-1,3).

CIRCLE EXAMPLES IN “REAL LIFE”