PRAYER BEFORE THE CLASS

Dear Lord and Father of all,

Thank you for today. Thank you for ways
in which you provide for us all. For Your
protection and love we thank you. Help
us to focus our hearts and minds now on
what we are about to learn. Inspire us
by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and
write. Guide us by your eternal light as
we discover more about the world
around us. We ask all this in the name of
Jesus. Amen.
 A circle is a plane figure enclosed by a
curve such that all the points on the
CIRCLE curve are of the same distance from a
fixed point .

The fixed point is called

the center of the circle (
denoted by O ) and the
curve is called the
circumference.
 RADIUS – a line segment joining the
center and a point on the circumference.

DIAMETER - a chord
passing through the
center
CHORD – a line segment
joining any two points on
the circumference.
 A
NAME THE CIRCLE . X
E
RADIUS

.X
DIAMETER

B
D

C CHORD
 ARC – A portion of the circumference

MINOR ARC – An arc which is

shorter than the semicircle.
e.g. BC , it is less than the
semicircle .

MAJOR ARC – An arc which is

longer than half of the
circumference , BDC where D
is a point on the major arc BC.

SEMI – CIRCLE –a region enclosed by a

diameter and an arc
e.g. EHG and EJG
 A
NAME THE CIRCLE . X
E
MINOR ARC

.X
MAJOR ARC

B
D

C SEMI CIRCLE
Regions in a circle
The following are the names and definition of
different regions.

SEGMENT – A region
enclosed by a chord and
an arc.
Minor Segment – A
region smaller then a
semi circle.
Major Segment – A
region larger than a
semi – circle.
SECTOR – A region
bounded by two radii
and an arc
Minor Sector - A sector
smaller than a semi
circle.
Major sector - A sector
larger than a semi –
circle.
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C
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B S
Central angle - A central
angle has its vertex at the
center of the circle, and the
sides of the angle lie on two
radii of the circle. The
measure of the central angle is
the same as the measure of
the arc that the two sides cut
out of the circle.
Inscribed angle -
An inscribed angle has
its vertex on the circle,
and the sides of the
angle lie on two
chords of the circle.
The measure of the
inscribed angle is half
that of the arc that the
two sides cut out of
the circle.
Interior angle
An interior angle has
its vertex at the
intersection of two
lines that intersect
inside a circle. The
sides of the angle lie
on the intersecting
lines. The measure of
an interior angle is the
average of the
measures of the two
arcs that are cut out
of the circle by those
intersecting lines.
Exterior angle
An exterior angle has its
vertex where two rays
share an endpoint
outside a circle. The
sides of the angle are
those two rays. The
measure of an exterior
angle is found by
dividing the difference
between the measures
of the intercepted arcs
by two.
 A

.X

B
D
C

F
INTERCEPTED ARC
The part of a circle's circumference formed
when a line or lines cut across it.
An arc that lies in the interior of an angle and
has endpoints on the angle.
The degree measure of a minor arc is equal to the
measure of its corresponding central angle.

The degree measure of a major arc is the measure of

the related minor arc subtracted from 36 .
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The measure of a semicircle is 180⁰.

Arc Addition Postulate – The degree measure of the

arc formed by two adjacent arcs is the sum of the
measures of the two arcs.
ABC = AB + BC