2010 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
A circle is centered at , is a diameter and is a point on the circle with . What is the degree measure of ?
Solution 1
Assuming we do not already know an inscribed angle is always half of its central angle, we will try a different approach. Since is the center, and are radii and they are congruent. Thus, is an isosceles triangle. Also, note that and are supplementary, then . Since is isosceles, then . They also sum to , so each angle is .
Solution 2
An inscribed angle is always half its central angle, so therefore, half of 50 is 25, or B. We can see this when we graph the problem.
(Solution by Flamedragon)
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