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6. Secants, Tangents, and Angle Measures
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Exercise 28 Page 765

The measure of an angle formed by two lines that intersect outside a circle is half the difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs.

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Practice makes perfect

Consider the given diagram.

We want to find the value of x. We know that if two lines intersect outside a circle, the measure of the angle formed by the intersection of the lines is half the difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs. 2x^(∘) = 1/2((9x-1)^(∘)-94^(∘)) Let's solve it for x.
2x = 1/2((9x-1)-94 )
4x = (9x-1)-94
4x = 9x-1-94
4x = 9x-95
- 5x = - 95
5x = 95
x = 19