Q:

A tangent-tangent angle intercepts two arcs that measure 149° and 211 What is the measure of the tangent-tangent angle?

Accepted Solution

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Answer:31°Step-by-step explanation:A tangent-tangent angle is the angle formed by two tangents to a circle (angle BCD in attached diagram).Lines CB and CD are tangent to the circle, then angles ABC and ADC are right angles (with 90° measure).Angle BCD  intercepts two arcs that measure 149° and 211°, this means minor arc BD has the measure of 149° and major arc BD has the measure of 211°. If  minor arc BD has the measure of 149°, then angle BAD has the measure 149° too. The sum of all measures of interior angles of quadrilateral is always 360°, then[tex]m\angle BCD+m\angle CBA+m\angle BAD+m\angle ADC=360^{\circ}\\ \\m\angle BCD=360^{\circ}-90^{\circ}-149^{\circ}-90^{\circ}\\ \\m\angle BCD=31^{\circ}[/tex]