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To find: find the measure of numbered
Answer to Problem 6CE
The measure of angle
Explanation of Solution
Given information: we have given the figure of
We can see that the measure of two intercepted arc are
As we know
The measure of an angle formed by a secant and a tangent drawn from the point outside a circle is equal to half the difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs.
Therefore from given figure we must have
Therefore, the measure of the angle
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