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Geometry: 3.8
Definitions and results from section 3.8
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11/28/2016

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Definition of Circle
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The set of points in a plane that lies at a positive fixed distance from some specific point.
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Definition of Radius
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The positive fixed distance from each point lying on the circle to the circle's center.
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Definition of interior point
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For point P and circle O with radius r, if OP < r, then P is an _______ to circle O
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Definition of exterior point
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For point P and circle O with radius r, if OP > r, then P is an _______ to circle O
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Definition of distance
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For point P and Line L, the distance from P to L is the length from P to the foot of Q, where Q is perpendicular to L and drawn from P.
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Definition of equidistant
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A point is __________ from two lines iff the distances from the point to each of the two lines are equal.
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Definition: The set of points in a plane that lies at a positive fixed distance from some specific point.
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Circle
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Definition: The positive fixed distance from each point lying on the circle to the circle's center.
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Radius
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Definition: For point P and circle O with radius r, if OP < r, then P is an _______ to circle O
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interior point
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Definition: For point P and circle O with radius r, if OP > r, then P is an _______ to circle O
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exterior point
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Definition: For point P and Line L, the distance from P to L is the length from P to the foot of Q, where Q is perpendicular to L and drawn from P.
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distance
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Definition: A point is __________ from two lines iff the distances from the point to each of the two lines are equal.
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equidistant
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Illustration of Chord
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Illustration of Secant
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Illustration of Diameter
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Illustration of Central angle
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Illustration of Inscribed angle
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Illustration of Tangent
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Illustration of Subtended arc of an angle
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Illustration of Angle inscribed in a semicricle
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Chord
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[image]
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Secant
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[image]
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Diameter
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Central angle
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[image]
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Inscribed angle
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[image]
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Tangent
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[image]
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Subtended arc of an angle
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[image]
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Angle inscribed in a semicricle
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Definition of Minor Arc
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The intersection of a circle with the interior points of a central angle
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Definition: The intersection of a circle with the interior points of a central angle
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Minor Arc
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Definition of Semicircle
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Intersection of a circle and the closed half plane lying on one side of a diameter of the circle
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Definition: Intersection of a circle and the closed half plane lying on one side of a diameter of the circle
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Semicircle
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Definition of Major arc
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Intersection of a circle with the exterior points of a central angle
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Definition: Intersection of a circle with the exterior points of a central angle
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Major arc
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Definition of Measure of an arc
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A real number number existing in (0,360) corresponding to the measure of a central angle of a circle
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Definition of measure for a minor arc
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the measure of the arc is the measure of the central angle
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Definition of measure for a major arc
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the measure of the arc is 360 minus the measure of the central angle
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If the end points of an arc lie on a diameter...
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...then the measure of the arc is 180
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Definition of Secant
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A line that meets a circle in two distinct points
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A line that meets a circle in two distinct points
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Secant
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Definition of Tangent
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A line that meets a circle at only one point
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If C is a chord to circle O, and L is the perpendicular bisector of D...
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...Then L passes through point O.
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If a line does not pass through the center of a circle...
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...Then the line is not the perpendicular bisector to any chord of the circle
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If a line passes through the center of a circle, and is perpendicular to a chord of that circle...
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...Then the line is the perpendicular bisector to the chord
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An angle is said to _______ an arc iff the intersection between the arc and the angle's defining rays is the end points of the arc.
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subtend
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A chord is said to _______ an arc iff the intersection between the arc and the chord is the end points of the arc.
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subtend
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If two chords have the same measure, then they are _________ (definition).
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congruent
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if two central angles are congruent...
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...then their subtended chords are congruent
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if two chords are congruent...
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...then their subtending central angles are congruent
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if two chords are equidistant from the center of a circle...
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...then the chords are congruent
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if two chords are congruent...
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...then the chords are equidistant from the center of the circle
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(THM 3.8.1) If two arcs of a circle have one and only one point in common...
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...then the union of those two arcs is also a an arc
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(THM 3.8.1) If an arc can be shown to be a union of two arcs...
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...then the measure of the union arc is the sum of the measures of the arcs in the union
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(THM 3.8.2) A line is tangent to a circle if and only if...
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...the line is perpendicular to the circle's radius at the point of contact
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(THM 3.8.2) If a line is not perpendicular to a circle's radius at a point of contact...
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...then the line is not tangent to the circle
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(LEMMA 3.8.A) Given a ray AB and any point O, define d(x) for nonnegative real x as the distance from O to P on AB, where x is the coordinate of P when A has coordinate 0. Then...
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...d(x) is continuous.
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(THM 3.8.3) If a line L passes through an interior point A of a circle...
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...then the line is a secant of the circle, and thus intersects the circle at exactly two points
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