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#1

What is the name of the Arc that has a meausre greater then 180 degrees?

(the red section of the circle)

Major Arc

#2

What is line AB?

a Secant.

#3

What is the distance around a circle called?

Circumference

#4

Is line d or line r the diameter of the circle?

 

d

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#1

What is the name of the Arc that has a meausre less then 180 degrees?

(the red section of the circle)

Minor Arc

#2

Circles that share the same cen are called what?

concentric circles

#3

describe a tangent line.

  • goes thru point of tangency
  • perpendicualr to radius
#4

What word describes the relationship between the circles?

Congruent

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#1

What is an arc of a circle?

A section of the circumfrence?

#2

Define this shape...title? and definiton?

 

a circle

 

a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the center).

 

cite: Google

#3

Is line d or line r the radius of the circle?

 

r

#4

what is the arc length in this picture?

S

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#1

Define central angle.

central angle is an angle whose apex (vertex) is the center O of a circle and whose legs (sides) are radii intersecting the circle in two distinct points A and B thereby subtending an arc between those two points whose angle is (by definition) equal to that of the central angle itself.

 

cite: Google

#2

what is the degree of a semi circle?

180

#3

What is a chord?

A line that links two points on a circle or curve.

#4

the largest circle that can be drawn inside a polygon is called what?

an inscribed circle

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