CIRCLE GEOMETRY

GRADE 11

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CIRCLE GEOMETRY......................................................................................................................................1
GRADE 11....................................................................................................................................................1
ANGLE SUBTENDED BY AN ARC OR CHORD.................................................................................................3
ANGLES IN A CIRCLE....................................................................................................................................6
CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS..........................................................................................................................10
TANGENTS TO A CIRCLE.............................................................................................................................13
ANGLE BETWEEN A TANGENT AND A CHORD...........................................................................................14
SUMMARY OF CIRCLE GEOMETRY THEREMS.............................................................................................19
EXERCISES WITH CIRCLE GEOMETRY.........................................................................................................21
HOW DO I PROVE A QUAD IS CYCLIC OR A LINE IS A TANGENT?...............................................................23

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ANGLE SUBTENDED BY AN ARC OR CHORD

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ANGLES IN A CIRCLE

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CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS

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TANGENTS TO A CIRCLE

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 ANGLE

BETWEEN A TANGENT AND A CHORD

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SUMMARY OF CIRCLE GEOMETRY THEREMS

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EXERCISES WITH CIRCLE GEOMETRY

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HOW DO I

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PROVE A QUAD IS CYCLIC OR A LINE IS A TANGENT?
Prove that two lines are parallel
Prove a pair of corresponding angles or alternate angles equal or that the sum of a pair of co-interior ngles
is supplementary (180°).

Prove that a quadrilateral is cyclic (or that four points are concyclic) We can use Theorems 4b or 5b
to prove that a quadrilateral is cyclic. Cyclic means that it is possible to construct a circle through all four
vertices of the quadrilateral.

EXAMPLES OF CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS:

If a line segment joining two points subtends equal angles at two other points on the same side of a line
segment, these four points are concyclic.

PROOF THAT A LINE IS A TANGENT TO A CIRCLE

Examples of tangents to a circle through three points:

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