Question

I need help with this problem, if anyone could help ASAP, that would be much appreciated. Please do not answer if you don't know the answer because you're wasting my points. In the figure below, mROP = 125° Find the measure of each arc. For each arc, write two or more complete sentences explaining which theorem or postulate you used to find your answer. Include your equations and calculations in your final answer. find arc mRP, and arc MQS,

Answer 1

Arc RP is 125, Arc QS is 125, Arc QR is 55, and arc SP is 55

Explanation:

We know Arc QS is 125 degrees because angle QOS is a vertical angle with Angle ROS, so Arc QS is 125, and ARC RP is 125. We can figure out the other two arcs using the knowledge that ARC QR is equal to arc PS because angle QOR an SOP are vertical angles and all the degrees have to add up to 360. From this we get 2x + 125 + 125 = 360. From here we simplify and get 2x + 250 = 360; 2x = 110; x = 55, so arc QR and ARC SP are both 55.

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Answer 2

Answers:

minor arc RP = 125 degrees

minor arc QS = 125 degrees

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Explanation

Definition: A minor arc is a piece of a circle such that it is smaller than a semi-circle with the same radius. In other words, it's measure is always less than 180 degrees.

Based on this definition, a minor arc is where we take the shortest path between any two points on a circle. For minor arc RP, we start at R then go to the right and take the shortest path to P. We do not go left when we start at R because that's the longer path and it is the major arc.

Minor arc RP is subtended by central angle ROP = 120 degrees. This central angle is equal to the arc measure in question. This isn't really a theorem, but more a definition if anything.

Central angle QOS is equal to angle ROP through the vertical angles theorem. Any pair of vertical angles are always congruent. Since QOS is 125 degrees, so is minor arc QS.