Circles: Geometry 40 Points

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Circles

Geometry = 40 points
Radius (r): the distance from the Circumference (C): the distance
center of a circle to its edge/ ½ of the around a circle given by the formula
diameter C=2(pi)r OR C=(pi)d

Chord: a line segment that connects Area (A): the space a circle takes up
two points on a circle given by the formula A=(pi)r2

Diameter (d): a chord that passes 360o: total number of degrees in a


through the center of a circle/ circle
ALWAYS the longest chord a circle
can have and is twice the length of
the radius
Your 1st
step:
Almost ALL circle problems require that you know the
RADIUS of the circle. FInd this FIRST!
Other items the SAT expects you to
know:
- When 2 chords share a common endpoint on the
circumference of a circle, the angle between the chords is
called an inscribed angle
- An arc is part of a circle’s circumference
- The # of arcs present depends on how many chords and/or
radii are present
- Larger arcs ones are called major; smaller ones are called
minor.
Radian measure is simply another way
to describe an angle.

There are 2(pi) radians in a circle

The length of an arc is = to twice the


radian measure of the inscribed angle
that forms the arc
A tangent line touches a circle at exactly
one point and is perpendicular to the
radius of the circle at the point of
contact, thus creating a right angle!
Circles on the Coordinate Plane
When a circle is drawn on a coordinate plane (graph), its equation is:

(x-h)2 + (y-k)2 = r2

h= the x-coordinate of the center of the circle

k= the y-coordinate of the center of the circle

Another possible way it will be given to you...

General Form: x2 + y2 + Cx + Dy + E = 0

*To solve in this form: Create two binomials (x-h)2 and (y-k)2 and then
square the radius, get everything on the left of the equal sign and simplify
as much as possible

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