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Line EDC is a tangent to the circle below. Calculate the size of angle

. Give reasons for your answer. ​

Line EDC is a tangent to the circle below. Calculate the size of angle . Give reasons-example-1
User Aathi
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In the figure, the missing angle is 58 degrees

How to find the missing angle

Where line EDC is a tangent to the circle. At the point of tangency it makes an angle of 90 degrees

Hence, we have that angle ADC = 90 degrees

one of the base angle of isosceles triangle be y

angle ADC = y + 29

y = 90 - 29 = 61 degrees

Using sum of angles in a triangle

θ = 180 - 2 * 61

θ = 58 degrees

The missing angle is 58 degrees

User Souvik Sikdar
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