Problem inside the circle

Geometry Level 2

In the figure shown, the length of minor arc S D SD is one-half the length of minor arc F D FD . Find the measure of S D G \angle SDG in degrees.


The answer is 26.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 30, 2020

Since G F D S GFDS is a cyclic quadrilateral, G S D + G F D = 18 0 S G D + S D G = G F D = 6 4 \angle GSD + \angle GFD = 180^\circ \implies \angle SGD + \angle SDG = \angle GFD = 64^\circ . Also S G D = S D ^ 2 = F D ^ 2 2 = D G F 2 = 7 6 2 = 3 8 \angle SGD = \dfrac {\widehat{SD}}2 = \dfrac {\frac {\widehat{FD}}2}2 = \dfrac {\angle DGF}2 = \dfrac {76^\circ}2 = 38^\circ . Therefore, S D G = 6 4 S G D = 6 4 3 8 = 26 \angle SDG = 64^\circ - \angle SGD = 64^\circ - 38^\circ = \boxed{26}^\circ .

Let the center of the circle be O O . Then D O F = 2 × D G F = 2 × S O D \angle {DOF}=2\times \angle {DGF}=2\times \angle {SOD} (given). So S O D = 76 ° \angle {SOD}=76\degree , and hence S G D = 38 ° \angle {SGD}=38\degree . Since S G F D SGFD is a cyclic quadrilateral, therefore D S G = 180 ° 64 ° = 116 ° \angle {DSG}=180\degree-64\degree=116\degree . Hence S D G = 180 ° 116 ° 38 ° = 26 ° \angle {SDG}=180\degree-116\degree-38\degree=\boxed {26\degree}

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