Ten points and are equally and consecutively spaced on a circle. What is the size, in degrees, of the angle
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If the circle has ten points, that means that each angle will be 36 degrees because:
θ = # interior angles 3 6 0 ∘ = 1 0 3 6 0 ∘ = 3 6 ∘
The following formula is true for inscribed angles of this type:
m ∠ Q T W = 2 1 m ∠ Q C W
We don't know ∠ Q T W , but we do know that each angle slice within the circle is 3 6 ∘ . Since there are 4 of these slices within ∠ Q C W , we can see that:
∠ Q C W = 3 6 ∘ ( 4 ) = 1 4 4 ∘
Now we can plug 1 4 4 ∘ into the formula above to solve for m ∠ Q T W :
m ∠ Q T W = 2 1 ⋅ 1 4 4 ∘ = 7 2 ∘
So, the solution is 7 2 ∘