Power Theorem
Power Theorem
Power Theorem
Given a point P and a circle, pass two lines through P that intersect the circle in
points A and D and, respectively, B and C. Then APDP=BPCP.
APCP=BPDP,
APDP=BPCP.
The common value of the products then depends only on P and the circle and is
known as the Power of Point P with respect to the (given) circle. Note that,
when P lies outside the circle, its power equals the length of the square of the
tangent from P to the circle. For example, if B=C so that BP is tangent to the
circle APDP=BP2.
which is equivalent to the statement of the theorem:
Special Cases:
1.
1. Given
2.
3.
3. Reflexive Property
(Identity)
4. In a circle, the measure
of an inscribed angle is
one-half the measure of
its intercepted arc.
4.
5.
5. Substitution (or
Transitive)
6.
7.
8.
9.
Proof:
You can use the Secant-Secant Power Theorem to solve some circle problems. This
theorem involves are you sitting down two secants! (If youre trying to come up
with a creative name for your child like Dweezil or Moon Unit, talk to Frank Zappa, not
the guy who named the power theorems.)
Secant-Secant Power Theorem: If two secants are drawn from an external point to a
circle, then the product of the measures of one secants external part and that entire
secant is equal to the product of the measures of the other secants external part and
that entire secant. (Whew!)
Now use the Secant-Secant Power Theorem with secants segment EC and
segment EG to solve for y:
POWER THEOREM
Proof:
As mentioned in 5.8, physical power is energy per unit time.7.19 For example,
when a forceproduces a motion, the power delivered is given by the force times
the velocity of the motion. Therefore, if and
velocity (or any analogous quantities such as voltage and current, etc.), then their
product
and
can be interpreted as
the energy per bin in the DFT, or spectral power, i.e., the energy associated with
a spectral band of width
\Circle
.7.20
Power
(1)
where
and
with the circle. The term "power" was first used in this way by
Jacob Steiner (Steiner 1826; Coxeter and Greitzer 1967, p. 30). Amazingly,
is independent of the choice of the line
(Coxeter 1969, p. 81).
(sometimes written
and
(2)
If is outside the circle, its power is positive and equal to the square of the length of the segment
tangent to the circle through ,
from
to the
(3)
If
(4)
for , giving
(5)
for coordinates
(6)
The points
and
are inverse points, also called polar reciprocals, with respect to the inversion circle if
(7)
(Wenninger 1983, p. 2).
If
is inside the circle, then the power is negative and equal to the product of the diameters through
(8)
(9)
(10)
(P. Moses, pers. comm., Jan. 26, 2005). The circle function of such a circle is then given by
(11)
The locus of points having power with regard to a fixed circle of radius is a concentric circle of radius
The chordal theorem states that the locus of points having equal power with respect to two given
nonconcentric circles is a line called theradical line
We already know that in a circle the measure of a central angle is equal to the
measure of the arc it intercepts. But what if the central angle had its vertex
elsewhere?
An angle whose vertex lies on a circle and whose sides intercept the circle (the
sides contain chords of the circle) is called an inscribed angle. The measure of
an inscribed angle is half the measure of the arc it intercepts.
If the vertex of an angle is on a circle, but one of the sides of the angle is
contained in a line tangent to the circle, the angle is no longer an inscribed angle.
The measure of such an angle, however, is equal to the measure of an inscribed
angle. It is equal to one-half the measure of the arc it intercepts.
tangent lines. In any case, the measure of the angle is one-half the difference
between the measures of the arcs it intercepts. Each case is pictured below.