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School Year: 2022 – 2023
HANDOUT 2.4 Inscribed Angles
Mathematics 10
School Year 2022-2023
DEFINITIONS
An inscribed angle is an angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain the endpoints of an
arc. It is an angle whose vertex lies on the circle and whose sides are chords of a circle.

A polygon is inscribed in a circle if all of its vertices are on the circle, while a circle is said to be
circumscribed about the polygon.

In circle C, ∠𝑃𝑄𝑇, ∠𝑃𝑅𝑇, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑃𝑆𝑇 are all inscribed

angles that intercept the same arc PT. What have you
noticed with the relation of the inscribed angles and
central angle subtended by the arc they all intercept?

THEOREMS:
INSCRIBED ANGLE THEOREM
- An angle inscribed in a circle is half the central angle intercepting the same arc.
- The measure of an inscribed angle is half the measure of the intercepted arc.
ANGLE IN A SEMICIRCLE THEOREM
- An angle inscribed in a semicircle is a right angle.
INSCRIBED QUADRILATERAL THEOREM
- Opposite angles of an inscribed quadrilateral are supplementary.

Example 1 Given: Circle B, with inscribed angle DAC.

1
Prove: a. ∠𝐷𝐴𝐶 = 2 ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶
1
b. ∠𝐷𝐴𝐶 = 𝐷𝐶̂
2

Case(1) Case(2) Case(3)

There are three possible cases for this example.
Proof of Case(1) :
 a. Since one side of the inscribed angle is a diameter, we can say that angle r is an exterior
angle of ∆𝐴𝐷𝐵. By Exterior Angle of a Triangle Theorem, p + q = r , ∆𝐴𝐷𝐵 is isosceles
because BA and BD are radii, so they are equal. By Isosceles Triangle Theorem, we can say
that p= q. Thus,
𝟏 𝟏
2p = r , 𝒑 = 𝟐 𝒓 or ∠𝑫𝑨𝑪 = 𝟐 ∠𝑫𝑩𝑪

b. Since ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 = 𝐷𝐶 ̂ because the measure of the central angle is equal to its intercepted arc.
1 𝟏
By substitution in (a) ∠𝐷𝐴𝐶 = 2 ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 , ∠𝑫𝑨𝑪 = 𝟐 𝑫𝑪̂ .

Proofs of cases (2) and (3) are left as exercises.

Example 2 ̂ , ∠𝐷𝑂𝐶, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐵.

In circle O, ∠𝐴 = 54° , Find 𝐷𝐶

Solution: By Inscribed Angle Theorem,

1 1
∠𝐴 = 2 ∠𝐷𝑂𝐶 = 2 𝐷𝐶 ̂ so, 54° = 1 𝐷𝐶
̂
2
∠𝑫𝑶𝑪 = 𝑫𝑪 ̂ = 𝟏𝟎𝟖°
∠𝑨 = ∠𝑩 = 𝟓𝟒° because they intercept
the same arc DC.

Example 3 In circle O, AB is a diameter. Find ∠𝐶, ∠𝐷, ∠𝐸, ∠𝐹 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐺.

Solution: Since given that AB is a diameter

and angles ∠𝐶, ∠𝐷, ∠𝐸, ∠𝐹 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐺
are inscribed anglesin a semicircle then
the measure of each angle is 90°.
Example 4 Given: Quadrilateral MATH is inscribed in circle O.
Prove: ∠𝑀 + ∠𝑇 = 180°, ∠𝐴 + ∠𝐻 = 180°

Solution: By Inscribed Angle Theorem,

1
∠𝑀 = 𝐴𝑇𝐻 ̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑇 = 1 𝐴𝑀𝐻 ̂
2 2
1
̂ + 1 𝐴𝑀𝐻
Adding the angles, we have ∠𝑀 + ∠𝑇 = 𝐴𝑇𝐻 ̂
2 2
1
∠𝑀 + ∠𝑇 = (𝐴𝑇𝐻 ̂ + 𝐴𝑀𝐻 ̂ ) Since the sum of the
2
̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑀𝐻
arcs 𝐴𝑇𝐻 ̂ is a complete circle and one revolution
1
is equal to 360° , by substitution ∠𝑀 + ∠𝑇 = 2 (360°) ,
∠𝑴 + ∠𝑻 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎°
Similarly, ∠𝑨 + ∠𝑯 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎°
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Example 5 Given circle O, find ∠𝐵, ∠𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐷𝐶𝑂

0
300 600
C 1400 A
̂ = 140° by central angle
Solution: 𝐶𝐷𝐴 700
∠𝑩 = 𝟕𝟎° by Inscribed Angle Theorem
∠𝐵 + ∠𝐷 = 180° by Inscribed Quadrilateral Theorem
70° + ∠𝐷 = 180° , ∠𝑫 = 𝟏𝟏𝟎° D
∠𝐶 + ∠𝐴 = 180° by Inscribed Quadrilateral Theorem
∠𝐶 + 130° = 180° , ∠𝐶 = 50°, ∠𝑫𝑪𝑶 = 𝟐𝟎°

C
Example 6 Given circle O, find the angles of x and y
x

0
Solution: ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 𝐴𝐵 ̂ = 60°, 𝒙 = 1 𝐴𝐵 ̂ = 60° = 𝟑𝟎° 600
2 2 A y
Since ∆𝐴𝑂𝐵 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠 by all radii of a
given circle are equal, by isosceles triangle
theorem y = 𝟔𝟎°
B

EXERCISES
A. Given the figure below, name the arc intercepted by each given angle.

1. ∠𝐵 7. ∠𝐼𝐽𝑀
2. ∠𝐷 8. ∠𝑀𝐽𝐿
3. ∠𝐸 9. ∠𝐿𝐾𝐼
4. ∠𝐹 10. ∠𝐿
5. ∠𝐺 11. ∠𝐼𝐾𝑀
6. ∠𝐼 12. ∠𝑀𝐾𝐿

B. Using the given figure above,

̂ = 100°, 𝐷𝐺
For items 1-6 , 𝐴𝐶 ̂ = 120°𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝐾
̂ = 34°
1. ∠𝐵 4. ∠𝐿
2. ∠𝐹 5. ∠𝑀
3. ∠𝐸 6. ∠𝐼
 C
̂ = 125°, 𝐹𝐸
For items 7 - 11 , 𝐷𝐸 ̂ = 35°𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝐹
̂ = 55°
̂ x
7. 𝐷𝐺
8. ∠𝐷 0
A y 600
9. ∠𝐸
10. ∠𝐹
11. ∠𝐺
B

C. Tell whether the polygon is inscribed in the circle or circumscribed about the circle. In
some items, your answer maybe neither or not enough information.
1. 2. 3.

_____________ _____________ _____________

4. 5. 6.

_____________ _____________ _____________

7. 8.

_____________ _____________

D. Given the figure below, solve for the unknown angle.

1. If mABC = 3x + 5 and mADC = 5x – 21, find the measure of these two angles.
mABC = ____________ mADC = ____________
A

2. If mBAD = 3x + 50, mABC = 4x + 25, and

mBCD = 7x+30, find mADC. C

B
mADC = ___________
D
 E. Given the figure below, answer the following problems.
D

Figure 5
Figure 4
Figure 6
1. In ʘQ, A =42 . Find 𝐷𝐶
̂ ,  Q and B (see figure 1).

2. If 𝐵𝐶 ̂ = 96˚ in ʘO, find  ,  , C , D and x (see figure 2).

̂ = 50˚ and 𝐴𝐷

3. O is the center of the circle. For each a, b and c draw a different figure, mark the
given on it and find all the angles you can under the given condition (see figure3).

a. Given: EFB= 75 , 𝐺𝐶

̂ = 80˚ and BCF = 25

b. Given: ABF =100, BCG= 55 and CFG= 45

̂ = 11, FGB= 28 and GCF = 50

c. Given: 𝐵𝐶

4. AB is diameter of circle O. If 𝐴𝐶
̂ = 80˚
and 𝐷𝐵
̂ = 130˚, find angles 1 to 10

F. Directions: Solve the following problems.

1. ABCD is inscribed in circle O. If ∠𝐴 = 75°and ∠𝐵 = 110°, find ∠𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐷 .

2. ABCD is inscribed in circle O. If ∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = 60°𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐴𝐷𝐵 = 55°, find ∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶.
 B
3. Find the angles x and y C
260

E
y
x
A D
0

Figure 2
Figure 1

4. In the given figure 1, parallel chord AE and BD are intersected by chord AC at A and P,
̂ = ½ 𝐴𝐵
respectively. 𝐶𝐷 ̂ , 𝐷𝐸
̂ = 84˚. Find ∠𝐶𝐴𝐸.

5. Five points are connected on a circle as shown in figure 2. What is the sum
m∠1 + m∠2 + m∠3 + m∠4 + m∠5 ?