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Quadrilateral STWR is inscribed inside a circle as shown below. Write a proof showing that angles T and R are supplementary.

Quadrilateral STWR is inscribed inside a circle as shown below. Write a proof showing-example-1
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Observe the given figure.

Here, angle T and R are the inscribed angles.

And sum of inscribed angles is half of measure of intercepted arcs.

Since, the measure of intercepted arcs is 360 degrees.

Therefore,
\angle T + \angle R = (1)/(2) * 360 ^(\circ)


\angle T + \angle R = 180 ^(\circ)

Hence, the sum of the two angles is 180 degrees.

Therefore, these are the supplementary angles.

Therefore, angle T and angle R are supplementary angles.

Hence, proved.

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