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AC is tangent to circle O at point C. What is the measure of O?

AC is tangent to circle O at point C. What is the measure of O?-example-1
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Answer:

67 degrees

Explanation:

User Smi
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AC is tangent at point C, which makes a right angle with line OC.


That means that angle C = 90 degrees.


The 3 angles of a triangle need to equal 180.


Subtract the two known angles from 180 to find angle O:


O = 180 - 90 - 23 = 67 degrees.

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