Angle Formed by 2 Tangents (V2): What Do You See?

Applet allows the student to informally discover that the measure of an angle formed by two tangents drawn to a circle, from a point outside the circle, is equal to half the (absolute value of) the difference of the measures of both arcs they intercept.

 

Tim Brzezinski

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
circle  exploration  tangent-line 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English
 
 
 
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