Pearson Geometry Common Core, 2011
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Cumulative Standards Review

Exercise 14 Page 820

If a line is tangent to a circle, then the line is perpendicular to the radius at the point of tangency.

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If a line is tangent to a circle, then the line is perpendicular to the radius at the point of tangency.

To find the measure of ∠ YOZ, we will use the fact that the sum of the measures of interior angles in a quadrilateral is 360^(∘). m∠ YOZ+ 90+ 90+ 50=360 ⇕ m∠ YOZ=130