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Pls help with question 7

Pls help with question 7-example-1

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Answer:

x = 72°

Explanation:

You want the measure of angle x, given that it subtends arc BC of a circle in which the measures of the arcs around the circle have the ratios ...

BA : AC : CB = 3 : 3 : 4

Arc measures

Arc CB has a ratio to the sum of arcs of a circle:

CB/(BA +AC +CB) = 4/(3 +3 +4) = 4/10 = 2/5

The arcs of a circle total 360°, so ...

CB = (2/5)·360° = 144°

Inscribed angle

The angle whose measure is x is an inscribed angle with half the measure of the arc it subtends:

x = CB/2 = 144°/2

x = 72°

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Additional comment

Your labeling of the arcs as 3x, 3x, and 4x is perhaps unfortunate. The value of x in those expressions is a scale factor or multiplier that will tell you the arc measures that add up to 360°. That value of x is 36°.

The reason this is unfortunate is that there is already an x defined in the figure. It is the measure of the angle between segment BC and the tangent at B. Its value is different than the x used in the arc measure relation. If we call this value X to distinguish it from x, then we have ...

X = 4x/2 = 2x

X = 2(36)° = 72°.

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