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True or False? The opposite angles of a quadrilateral in a circumscribed circle
are always complementary.
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A. True
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B. False
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Answer: False

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a pex correct answer is false

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Answer:

Choice B. False. Rather, the opposite angles of a circumscribed quadrilateral are always supplementary with a sum of 180 degrees.

Explanation:

Refer to the sketch attached.

Consider the quadrilateral ABCD inscribed in the circle O. Angle
\mathrm{\hat{A}} is the angle that line BA and DA inscribe. The green angle at O will be the arc that the two lines intercepts. Let angle A equals
\alpha degrees. By the inscribed angle theorem for circles, The green angle will measure
\rm 2\hat{A} = 2\alpha.

Similarly, the arc that line CD and CB intercept will equal to twice the measure of
\rm \hat{C}. The angle of that arc is the red angle at the origin. The value of that arc will equal to
360\textdegree{} - 2\alpha.

Angle
\hat{C} is half the measure of that arc. That is:


\rm \displaystyle \hat{C} = (1)/(2) (360 \textdegree - 2\alpha) = 180 - \alpha.

Note that
\rm \hat{A} + \hat{C} = \alpha + (180\textdegree - \alpha) = 180\textdegree. The sum of A and angle C is 180 degrees. In other words, the two angles are supplementary. The claim that the two angles are complementary (which describes two angles with a sum of 90 degrees) will thus be false.

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