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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need HELP PLEASE ! :) Quadrilateral OPQR is inscribed inside a circle as shown below. Write a proof showing that angles O and Q are supplementary. Circle N is shown with an inscribed quadrilateral labeled OPQR.

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

can you post the figures?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (bloomlocke367):

ohhhh proofs. Sorry, I don't think I can help you with that.. I haven't done that since Geometry. Sorry! Good luck! :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its ok thank you!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ganeshie8 can you please help me?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@TheSmartOne

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

do you know or recall what the arc made by an inscribed angle is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no :(

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

ok http://static.blog.beatthegmat.com/mba/files/2012/05/E89000b.png <--- can you see the correlation?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

"x" is the "inscribed angle" in the circle and it's touching the "red" arc

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~dwiggins/pict44.GIF <--- another way to view it

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

see the correlation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but what does that mean ?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

woops... ok

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well let's see your graph one sec

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

|dw:1426032808090:dw|

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

that arc is .. how long in "o angle" terms?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

bigger that angle O???

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well.. is bigger BUT notice that arc is also the "intercepted arc" by the "inscribed angle O" so how long does that make that arc in "O angle terms"?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

90 degrees?? since it seems that the angle o is 45 and the arc is the double of that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think i finally got it. Thank you for trying to help me @jdoe0001

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