Central Angle and its

Intercepted Arc
Ralph P. Ragunton
Grade 10 Mathematics Teacher
Circle-xamples
(Reveresed)

2
Circle-xamples
∙𝑶
Answer:
𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓

⊙O or Circle O
Circle-xamples
𝑺𝑻
Answer:
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅
𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓

⊙O or Circle O
Circle-xamples
𝑽𝑻
Answer:
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅

⊙O or Circle O
Circle-xamples
𝑶𝑺
Answer:
𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒔

⊙O or Circle O
Circle-xamples
⊙O
Answer:
𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Circle-xamples
𝑽𝑼
Answer:
𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅
Circle-xamples
෢
𝑺𝑸
Answer:
𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒄
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑺 𝑼𝑻
Answer:
𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑺 𝑼𝑻
Answer:
𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑺𝑸𝑼
Answer:
𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒄
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑻 𝑼𝑺
Answer:
𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
Circle-xamples
෢
𝑽𝑺
Answer:
𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒄
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑸 𝑻𝑺
Answer:
𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒄
Circle-xamples
෣
𝑽 𝑻𝑺
Answer:
𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒓𝒄
CENTRAL ANGLE
an angle whose vertex
is the center of the
circle and sides are
the radii of the circle.

Example of Central
Angle:
∠𝑩𝑨𝑪 𝒂𝒏𝒅 ∠𝑩𝑨𝑫
⊙A or Circle A
INTERCEPTED ARC
is an arc by which it is
encased on either side
by a central angle or
an inscribed angle.

Examples of
Intercepted Arc:
෢ 𝑩𝑫,
𝑩𝑪, ෢ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝑬
෢
⊙A or Circle A
 THEOREM #1
The degree measure of
the central angle is
equal to the measure
of its intercepted arc.
Based on Theorem #1:
෢ = 𝒎∠𝑨𝑹𝑭
𝒎𝑨𝑭
෢𝑰 = 𝒎∠𝑭𝑹𝑰
𝒎𝑭
𝒎𝑰෢𝑽 = 𝒎∠𝑰𝑹𝑽
෢ = 𝒎∠𝑨𝑹𝑽
𝒎𝑨𝑽 ⊙R or Circle R
 POSTULATE #1
(Arc Addition Postulate)
The measure of an arc
formed by two adjacent
nonoverlapping arcs (arcs
that share exactly one point)
is equal to the sum of the
measure of these two arcs.
෢ = 𝒎𝑭
𝒎𝑭𝑰𝑽 ෢𝑰 + 𝒎𝑰෢
𝑽
⊙R or Circle R
EXAMPLE #1
Find the
measurement
of 𝑩𝑪
෢ and
෣
𝑩𝑫𝑪.
EXAMPLE #2
Find the
measurement
of 𝑬𝑭
෢ and 𝑫𝑬෢
in ⊙A. 𝑬𝑩 is a
diameter.
SEATWORK #2