This math skill involves calculating missing angles in a triangle formed by a radius of a circle and a tangent line. It teaches that the angle between the radius and the tangent is always 90 degrees, and the sum of angles inside the triangle must be 180 degrees.
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Tangent triangle missing angles
Test your understanding of tangent triangle missing angles by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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What do we know about these two angles
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A line from the center to a tangent point always meets the tangent at 90 degrees, so we know one angle in the triangle
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And the inside angles must sum to 180, so we know that the other two sum to 90 degrees