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The Inscribed Quadrilateral Theorem can be used to identify whether a quadrilateral is cyclic.
Tiffaniqua is given a quadrilateral JKLM. She wants to draw a circle that passes through all the vertices, but she does not know if it is possible. For that reason, she decided to measure the angles of JKLM.
Help Tiffaniqua determine whether it is possible to inscribe JKLM into a circle.Compare the sums of the opposite angles' measures.
The Inscribed Quadrilateral Theorem can be used to determine whether JKLM is cyclic. According this theorem, the opposite angles of the quadrilateral need to be supplementary. Calculate the sum of opposite angles' measures and see if it is true.
Pair 1 | Pair 2 | |
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Opposite Angles | ∠J and ∠L | ∠K and ∠M |
Sum | 99∘+74∘=173∘ × | 105∘+82∘=187∘ × |
The sum of the angle measures in each pair is not equal to 180∘. Therefore, neither ∠J and ∠L nor ∠K and ∠M are supplementary. This finding implies that JKLM is not a cyclic quadrilateral.
Find the measure of ∠D. Write your answer without the degree symbol.
Davontay wants to go to a concert, but his parents say that he has to finish his homework first. In the last math exercise, he is asked to find the values of all variables.
Help Davontay solve the last exercise so that he can go to the concert.
Identify the exterior angles to the inscribed quadrilateral WXYZ and the opposite interior angles. Then use the property that states these angles are congruent.
m∠VXY=84∘, m∠WZY=3b∘
LHS/3=RHS/3
Rearrange equation