Question

Using the image,find angle x and y​

Answer 1

x =55 degrees

y = 35 degrees

Explanation:

We know that the distance from the center of the circle to the circumference is the radius

that means the triangle starting out from O is isosceles since two of the sides are radii and thus the angle of those sides are the same

Let us call one of the angles z

we know that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees

That simply means;

80 + 2z = 180

2z = 180-80

2z = 100

z = 100/2

z = 50 degrees

So the angles at each upper end of the cyclic quadrilateral are;

x + 50 and y + 50

we know that the angles that face each other in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary

Thus;

95 + y+ 50 = 180

y= 180-95-50

y= 180-145

y = 35 degrees

Now, for x, the angle supplementary to the angle that faces x+ 50 equals x + 50

Thus;

x + 50 = 105

x= 105-50

x = 55 degrees