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AC is tangent to circle o at point C.
What is the measure of <OAC​

AC is tangent to circle o at point C. What is the measure of <OAC​-example-1
User Mangini
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Answer: 27

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∠OAC = 27°

Explanation:

When a line is tangent to a circle, the part where the radius meets with the line of tangency will be a right angle. Since we know this, we know that ∠C is equal to 90°. We also know that all of the angles in a triangle will add up to be 180°.

We can now add up the two angles we know and subtract it from 180° to get the measurement of ∠OAC.


90+63=153


180-153=27

∠OAC = 27°

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