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* __secant__ is a line that contains a chord, but extends beyond the circle | * __secant__ is a line that contains a chord, but extends beyond the circle | ||
* __tangent__ is a line that touches a circle at one point (a secant with chord length of zero) | * __tangent__ is a line that touches a circle at one point (a secant with chord length of zero) | ||
- | * __Intercepted arc__ is the part of the circle contained within the two lines, it has 1/2 the degrees of the intercepted arc | + | * __Intercepted arc__ is the part of the circle contained within the two lines |
* __Central angle__ is angle of two lines from the center of the circle, it has the same degrees as the intercepted arc | * __Central angle__ is angle of two lines from the center of the circle, it has the same degrees as the intercepted arc | ||
- | * __Inscribed/Interior angle__ has two points and the vertex all on the circle itself | + | * __Inscribed/Interior angle__ has two points and the vertex all on the circle itself, it has 1/2 the degrees of the intercepted arc |
In the image, P is center point of the circle, line C is a chord and line S is a secant. | In the image, P is center point of the circle, line C is a chord and line S is a secant. | ||
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so a = (rad/2π)*(πr²) | so a = (rad/2π)*(πr²) | ||
+ | **length of arc**, given length of chord and radius: | ||
+ | d = 2*r*sin(a/2r) | ||
+ | a = length of arc, d = length of chord, r = radius | ||
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+ | **circumcircle** - a circle that touches the vertices of an polygon | ||
+ | circumcircle of a triangle - has the center at the point where the | ||
+ | perpendicular bisectors of the triangle's sides meet. | ||
+ | (might be outside the triangle). | ||
+ | To find the radius: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Circumradius.html | ||
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