EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY

In grade 11 we focus on the geometry of circles

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TERMINOLOGY

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE
1a) A line drawn from the centre of a circle, perpendicular to
a chord, bisects the chord

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE
1b) The line joining the centre of a circle to the midpoint of
the chord is perpendicular to the chord.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE
1c) The perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the
centre of the circle

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE
2) The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the
circumference subtended by the same arc.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH THE CENTRE OF A CIRCLE
2) The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the
circumference subtended by the same arc.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS
3a) Angles subtended by a chord at the circumference of a
circle, on the same side of the chord are equal.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS
3b) If a line segment joining two points subtends equal
angles at two other points on the same side of it, the four
points are concyclic.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS
4a) The opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are
supplementary

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS
4b) If two opposite angles of a quadrilateral are
supplementary, then the quadrilateral is cyclic.

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THEOREMS TO DO WITH CYCLIC QUADRILATERALS

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH TANGENTS
AXIOM: A tangent to a circle is perpendicular to the radius,
drawn to the point of contact.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH TANGENTS
5) Two tangents drawn to a circle from the same point
outside the circle are equal in length

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH TANGENTS
6a) The angle between an angle and a chord drawn to the
point of contact is equal to the angles in the alternate
segment.

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 THEOREMS TO DO WITH TANGENTS
6b) If the line through the endpoint of a chord makes an angle with
the chord, equal to an angle in the alternate segment, then the line is
a tangent to the circle

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