Circle Geometry

Angles, Arcs & Chords

Chord
The exterior angle at a
A perpendicular line
vertex of a cyclic
Equal arcs subtend from the centre of a
quadrilateral is equal
equal angles at the circle to a chord
to the interior opposite
centre bisects the chord
angles

Tangent
A line from the centre
If two arcs subtend The tangent to a circle
of a circle that bisects
angles at the centre of is perpendicular to the
a chord is
the circle, then the radius drawn from the
perpendicular to the
arcs are equal point of contact
chord

The line perpendicular

Equal chords subtend Equal chords are to the radius at the
equal angles at the equidistant from the point where it meets
centre of the circle centre of the circle the circle is a tangent
to the circle

Equal angles subtended

Chords that are The tangent to a circle
at the centre of the
equidistant from the from an exterior point
circle cut off equal
centre are equal are equal
chords

The angle at the

The product of When two circles
centre is twice the
intercepts of touch, the line through
angle at the
intercepting chords are their centres pass
circumference
equal through their point of
subtended by the same
contact
arc
 Cyclic Quadrilaterals
The angle between a
tangent and a chord
Angles in the same The opposite angles in
through the point of
segment of a circle are a cyclic quadrilateral
contact is equal to the
equal are supplementary
angle in the alternate
segment

The square of the

length of the tangent
If the opposite angles
from an external point
The angle in the of a quadrilateral are
is equal to the product
semicircle is a right supplementary, then
of the intercepts of the
angle the quadrilateral is
secant passing through
cyclic
this point