An angle at the centre of a circle is . What is the angle at the circumference standing on the same arc?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference on the same arc.
- Step 2: .
Answer
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Why not the others: 128 degrees repeats the centre angle, 52 degrees is 180 - 128 and 256 degrees doubles instead of halving.
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