12.

3
Inscribed Angles
 Vocab: inscribed angle
-an angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides are
chords

<ABC and <DEF are inscribed angles in the circles shown below:

<ABC intercepts minor arc AC

<DEF intercepts major arc DGF
*intercept means “forms”
Theorem 12-9: Inscribed Angle
Theorem
A
• The measure of
an inscribed
angle is equal to
half of its
intercepted arcs.
C
B
1 
mB  mAC
2
 Examples

Find m<ABC Find m<ABC and m<ABD

 Examples

Find m<DEF and mAEC Find m<ABC

3 inscribed < corollaries (thm
sheet)
 Theorem 12-10
The measure of an angle formed by a chord and a tangent
is equal to half the measure of the intercepted arc.
1
mC  mBDC
B
2
B
D

C C
 Ex: find the
numbered angles.
108˚ 1

32˚

1 2

1
102˚ 2
1
61˚
46˚