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Mathematics
Quarter 2 – Module 4
ARCS and INSCRIBED ANGLES
About the Module
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the skills in solving problems involving ARCS and INSCRIBED ANGLES.
The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used in this module recognizes your diverse vocabulary
level. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But
the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook
you are now using.

This module is divided into two lessons, namely:

Lesson 1 – Inscribed angles of a circle
Lesson 2 – Proving Theorems related to Inscribed Angles

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify inscribed angles and their intercepted arcs;
2. find the measure of an inscribed angle and its intercepted arc;
3. find the measure of an inscribed angle given the measure of a central angle
intercepting the same arc; and
4. determine the statement and reason in a two-column proof of a
theorem related to inscribed angles.

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What I Know (Pre-Test)
Instructions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer and write it on a separate answer sheet.

1. What is an angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain

chords of the circle?
A. central angle C. inscribed angle
B. circumscribed angle D. vertical angle

2. The opposite angles of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle are ____.

A. complementary C. right
B. obtuse D. supplementary

3. If an inscribed angle intercepts a semicircle, then the angle is ______;

A. acute C. right
B. obtuse D. straight

4. O is the center of this circle.

Identify the inscribed angle/s subtended by
the minor arc QS.

A. ∠ 𝑄𝑂𝑆 C. ∠ 𝑄𝑃𝑆 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝑄𝑇𝑆

B. ∠ 𝑃𝑄𝑇 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝑃𝑆𝑇 D. ∠ 𝑄𝑃𝑆

5. Name a pair of congruent angles in the figure.

A. ∠ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐷𝐴𝐵
B. ∠ 𝐵𝐶𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐴𝐷𝐶
C ∠ 𝐷𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐵𝐶𝐷
D. ∠ 𝐴𝐷𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐵𝐴𝐶

For items 6 – 10, refer to the figure at the right.

6. m ∠ 𝐿𝑁𝑃 =
A. 1840 C. 460
B. 1360 D. 340

7. ̂ =
m 𝑁𝑃

A. 1360 C. 1840
B. 1800 D. 1900

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 8. m ∠ 𝑃𝑁𝑀 =

A. 360 C. 840
B. 800 D. 900

9. ̂ =
m 𝑀𝑁

A. 320 C. 460
B. 440 D. 500

10. m ∠ 𝐿𝑃𝑀 =

A. 880 C. 320
B. 440 D. 260

For items 11 – 13, refer to the figure at the right.

11. What is the value of x?

A. 880 C. 440
B. 820 D. 260

12. y = _____

A. 980 C. 320
B. 440 D. 260

13. z = ____

A. 880 C. 320
B. 440 D. 870

For items 14 & 15

A quadrilateral ABCD is given with measure of angles in algebraic expressions.

14. What is the value of x?

A. 850 C. 350
B. 450 D. 250

15. What is the sum of the measures of

angles A, B, and D?

A. 2830 C. 2530
B. 2550 D. 185

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Lesson INSCRIBED ANGLES OF A
1
CIRCLE
What I Need to Know
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. identify Inscribed angles and their intercepted arcs;
2. find the measure of an inscribed angle and its intercepted arc; and
3. find the measure of an inscribed angle given the measure of a central
angle intercepting the same arc.

What’s In

Refer to the figure at the right, find

̂ if ∠𝐵𝐴𝑋 = 400
m∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 and 𝑚𝐵𝐶

and ∠𝑋𝐴𝐶 = 300

How will you determine the measures
̂?
of ∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 and 𝐵𝐶

What’s New
Refer to the figure at the left, the triangle inside
the circle is equilateral.

Are the angles in the triangle congruent?

What is the measure of each angle?

What is the measure of the arc intercepted by

each angle?
Fig. 1
∠𝐶𝐵𝐷, ∠𝐶𝐷𝐵 and ∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 are inscribed angles.

What is an inscribed angle?

What Is It
Definition of Inscribed Angle
An inscribed angle is an angle whose vertex lies on the
circle and whose sides contain chords of the circle.

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 The intercepted arc is the arc that lies in the interior of
an inscribed angle and has endpoints on the angle.

Example 1 Identify the inscribed angles and the arc intercepted by each.

Solution:
Inscribed angles
̂
∠ 𝐶𝐴𝐵 and ∠ 𝐶𝐵𝐷 intercept 𝐶𝐷
̂
∠ 𝐴𝐶𝐵 and ∠ 𝐴𝐷𝐵 intercept 𝐴𝐵

Inscribed Angle Theorem

The measure of an inscribed angle equals
one-half the measure of its intercepted arc.
1
𝑚∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = ̂
𝑚𝐴𝐶
2
or the measure of the intercepted arc is
twice the measure of the inscribed angle.
m ̂ = 2 𝑚∠𝐴𝐵𝐶
𝐴𝐶

Example 2 What is the measure of ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 ?

Solution:
1
𝑚 ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = ̂
𝐴𝐵
2
1
𝑚 ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = (1240 )
2
𝑚 ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 620
Example 3 ̂ ?
What is the measure of 𝑋𝑌

Solution:
̂ = 2 𝑚 ∠ 𝑋𝑍𝑌
𝑚 𝑋𝑌
̂ = 2 (700 )
𝑚 𝑋𝑌
̂ = 1400
𝑚 𝑋𝑌

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Example 4 Find the measures of angles CBD, BCD and BDC and
measures of arcs CB, CD, and BD.

Solution:

∆𝐶𝐵𝐷 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒.

The lengths of the sides are equal so therefore the measures
of the angles are also equal.

𝑚∠𝐶𝐵𝐷 = 𝑚∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 𝑚∠𝐵𝐷𝐶 = 600

measure of intercepted arc = 2 (measure of inscribed angle)
̂ = 2 𝑚∠𝐶𝐵𝐷
𝑚 𝐶𝐵
̂ = 2 ( 600 ) = 1200
𝑚 𝐶𝐵
̂ = 𝑚 𝐶𝐷
𝑚 𝐶𝐵 ̂ = 𝑚 𝐵𝐷 ̂ = 1200

What I Need to Remember

Write your insight/learning about the lesson being studied.

_________________________________________
_________________________________________

What’s More
Activity 1. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
A. State if each angle is an inscribed, if it is, name the angle and its
intercepted arc.
1. 3.

2. 4.

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 B. Refer to the figure at the right,
to answer the following:
̂ = 1100 and 𝑚∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 = 250 , find:
If m𝐴𝐶

1. 𝑚∠𝐴𝐵𝐶?
2. ̂
m 𝐵𝐷
3. 𝑚∠𝐵𝐶𝐷
4. 𝑚∠𝐴𝐷𝐶

Lesson PROVING STATEMENTS

2 RELATED TO INSCRIBED
ANGLES
What I Need to Know
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. determine the measure of an angle inscribed in a semicircle;
2. find the measures of the angles of an inscribed quadrilateral; and
3. determine the statement and reason in a two-column proof of a
theorem.

What’s In
LEARNING ANCHOR

1. Name two inscribed angles.

2. Name two central angles.
3. If 𝑚∠ 𝐶𝐷𝐵= 1100 , what is 𝑚 ∠𝐶𝐴𝐵?

What’s New
The following corollaries tell us how the measure of an inscribed angle
is related to the measure of the intercepted arc.
What are Corollaries?

In mathematics, a corollary is a theorem connected by a short proof

to an existing theorem.

Here are the different corollaries related to inscribed angles.

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What Is It
Corollary 1 of the Inscribed Angle
An angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle.

In the figure at the right, ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅 is

̂ , a semicircle of ⨀ 𝑂.
inscribed in 𝑅𝑆𝑄
̂ is a semicircle whose degree
𝑅𝑆𝑄
measure is 1800 . Thus,
𝟏 𝟏
m∠𝑸𝑷𝑹 = ̂ =
m𝑹𝑺𝑸 (𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 ) = 𝟗𝟎𝟎
𝟐 𝟐

Example 1
̂ = 1100 , find
In circle C, m 𝐴𝐵
̂ and m ∠DAB
m 𝐴𝐷
Solution:
∠DAB is inscribed in a semicircle, so
∠DAB is a right angle whose measure is 900 .
m ∠𝐃𝐀𝐁 𝟗𝟎𝟎 =
̂ = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎 − 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟕𝟎𝟎
m 𝑨𝑫

Proof of Corollary 1

Given: In circle C, ∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 intercepts a semicircle BGD.

Prove: ∠DAB is a right angle.

STATEMENTS REASONS G
∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 intercepts a Given
semicircle BGD
̂ = 1800
m𝐵𝐺𝐷 The degree measure of a
semicircle is 180o.
1 The measure of an
̂
𝑚∠𝐷𝐴𝐵= 2 m𝐵𝐺𝐷
inscribed angle is one-
half the measure of the
intercepted arc
1 Substitution
𝑚∠𝐷𝐴𝐵= (180o) = 90o
2

∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 is a right angle. Definition of right angle.

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 Corollary 2 of the Inscribed Angle
Angles inscribed in the same arc are equal.

Inscribed angles AEB, ADB, and ACB intercept

the same arc AB, thus

m ∠𝐀𝐄𝐁 = 𝐦 ∠𝐀𝐃𝐁 = 𝐦 ∠𝐀𝐂𝐁 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎

∠𝐀𝐄𝐁 ≅ ∠𝐀𝐃𝐁 ≅ ∠𝐀𝐂𝐁

Example 2

In circle O, 𝑚∠𝑄𝑂𝑆 = 1000 , name

two congruent angles and give its degree measure.

∠𝑄𝑂𝑆 is a central angle and its intercepted arc is QS,

̂ = 1000
thus, m𝑄𝑆
Inscribed angles QPS and QTS intercept arc QS
therefore, 𝒎∠𝑸𝑷𝑺 = 𝒎∠𝑸𝑻𝑺 = 𝟓𝟎𝟎

∠𝑸𝑷𝑺 ≅ ∠𝑸𝑻𝑺

Corollary 3 Angles of an Inscribed Quadrilateral

If a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then both pairs of
opposite angles are supplementary.

Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in circle E.

∠𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐶 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 also

∠𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐷 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦. Thus,

𝒎∠𝑨 + ∠𝑪 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎
𝒎∠𝑩 + ∠𝑫 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎

Example 3

Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in circle E.

What is the measure of angle BCD?

Solution:
1
𝑚∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = ̂+
(𝑚𝐵𝐶 ̂)
m𝐶𝐷
2
1
= 2
(1150 + 860 ) = 𝟏𝟎𝟎. 𝟓𝟎

𝑚∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 1800 − 100.50 = 79.50

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What’s More
Activity 2. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!
Instructions: Solve the following word problems.
A. In the figure at the right, ̅̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ are
𝐶𝐸 and 𝐿𝐴
̂
diameters of ⨀ 𝑁. If m𝐿𝐸 = 120 , find the
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measures of the following angles.

1. ∠1 4. ∠4 7. ∠7
2. ∠2 5. ∠5 8. ∠8
3. ∠3 6. ∠6 9. ∠9

B. Refer to the figure at the right.

Find:
1. the value of x
2. the value of y
3. m ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶
4. m ∠𝐵𝐶𝐴
̂
5. m𝐵𝐴
̂
6. m𝐶𝐷

C. Refer to the inscribed quadrilateral at

the right. Find the value of the following:

1. a
2. b
3. c

Activity 3. Proving

Given: ∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 is inscribed in circle O

̅̅̅̅̅ is a diameter.
and 𝑋𝑊
1 O
̂
Prove: 𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 = 2 𝑚𝑉𝑊

̅̅̅̅ and let 𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 = x

Draw 𝑉𝑂

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 Complete the table below.

STATEMENTS REASONS
1. Given
̅̅̅̅ ≅ 𝑂𝑉
2. 𝑂𝑋 ̅̅̅̅ Radii of a circle are congruent.
3. Δ______ is an isosceles. Definition of isosceles Δ.
4. Base angles of an isosceles triangle are
congruent.
5. 𝑚∠VXW = 𝑚∠𝑋𝑉𝑂
6. 𝑚∠𝑋𝑉𝑂 = 𝑥 Transitive property
7. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑂𝑊 = 2x The measure of an exterior angles is
equal to the sum of the measures of its
remote interior angle.
8. The measure of a central angle is equal to
the measure of its intercepted arc.
̂ = 2𝑥
9. 𝑚 𝑉𝑊 Transitive property
̂ = 2(𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊)
10. 𝑚 𝑉𝑊 Substitution
1 Multiplication Property of Equality
11. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 = ̂
𝑚 𝑉𝑊
2

What I Need to Remember

Write your insight/learning about the lesson being studied.

_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

What I can do
Solve the given problem. Show your solution.

Amanda is designing a circular piece of stained glass with a diameter of

8 inches. She is going to sketch a square inside the circular region. To
the nearest tenth of an inch, the largest possible length of a side of the
square is.

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Assessment (Post Test)
Instructions: Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. The opposite angles of a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle are ____.

A. complementary C. right
B. obtuse D. supplementary

2. What is an angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain

chords of the circle?
A. central angle C. inscribed angle
B. circumscribed angle D. vertical angle

3. If an angle intercepts a semicircle, then the angle is ______;

A. acute C. right
B. obtuse D. straight

4. What is the measure of angle XZY ?

A. 1040 C. 460
B. 52 0 D. 340

5. Name a pair of congruent angles in the figure.

A. ∠ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐷𝐴𝐵
B. ∠ 𝐵𝐶𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐴𝐷𝐶
C ∠ 𝐷𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐵𝐶𝐷
D. ∠ 𝐴𝐷𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝐵𝐴𝐶

For items 6 – 10, refer to the figure at the right.

6. m ∠ 𝐿𝑁𝑃 =
A. 1840 C. 460
B. 1360 D. 340

7. ̂ =
m 𝑁𝑃

A. 1900 C. 1800
B. 1840 D. 1360

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 8. m ∠ 𝑃𝑁𝑀 =

A. 360 B. 800 C. 840 D. 900

9. ̂ =
m 𝑀𝑁

A. 500 B. 460 C. 440 D. 320

10. m ∠ 𝐿𝑃𝑀 =

A. 880 B. 440 C. 320 D. 260

For items 11 – 13, refer to the figure at the right.

11. y = _____

A. 980 C. 320
B. 440 D. 260

12. What is the value of x?

A. 880 C. 440
B. 820 D. 260

13. z = ____

A. 880 C. 320
B. 440 D. 870

For items 14 & 15

A quadrilateral ABCD is given with measure of angles in algebraic expressions.

14. What is the value of x?

A. 250 C. 450
B. 350 D. 850

15. What is the sum of the measures

of angles A, B, and D?
A. 2830 C. 2530
B. 255 0
D. 185

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 Answer Key
Remember: This portion of the module contains all the answers. Your HONESTY is
required.

ACTIVITY 3
STATEMENTS REASONS
1. ∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 is inscribed in circle O Given
and 𝑋𝑊̅̅̅̅̅ is a diameter.
2. 𝑂𝑋 ≅ ̅̅̅̅
̅̅̅̅ 𝑂𝑉 Radii of a circle are congruent.
3. Δ 𝑋𝑂𝑉 is an isosceles. Definition of isosceles Δ.
4. . ∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 ≅ ∠𝑋𝑉𝑂 Base angles of an isosceles triangle are
congruent.
5. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 = 𝑚∠𝑋𝑉𝑂 The measure of congruent angles are
equal.
6. 𝑚∠𝑋𝑉𝑂 = 𝑥 Transitive property
7. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑂𝑊 = 2x The measure of an exterior angles is
equal to the sum of the measures of its
remote interior angle.
̂
8. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑂𝑊 = 𝑚 𝑉𝑊 The measure of a central angle is equal to
the measure of its intercepted arc.
̂ = 2𝑥
9. 𝑚 𝑉𝑊 Transitive property
̂ = 2(𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊)
10. 𝑚 𝑉𝑊 Substitution
1 Multiplication Property of Equality
11. 𝑚∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 = ̂
𝑚 𝑉𝑊
2

ACTIVITY 2

A. 1. 300 4. 600 7. 300

2. 600 5. 1200 8. 600
3. 600 6. 600 9. 600

B. 1. 4 4. 470 C. 1. 930
2. 10 5. 940 2. 1200
3. 200 6. 400 3. 1500

ACTIVITY 1

A. 1. Inscribed angle, ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 or ∠𝐶𝐴𝐵 B. 1. 550

2. Inscribed angle, ∠𝑉𝑋𝑊 or ∠𝑊𝑋𝑉 2. 500
3. Not 3. 250
4. Not 4. 550

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1. Make sure every answer sheet has your

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▪ Grade and Section
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2. Follow the date of submission of answer sheets as agreed with your
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