Question

If a tangent and a secant, two tangents, or two secants intersect in the exterior of a circle, then the measure of the angle formed is half the _____ of the measures of the intercepted arcs. (Theorem 7.6C)

difference

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Answers

GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is **difference**.

According to Theorem 7.6C, if a tangent and a secant intersect outside a circle, or if two tangents or two secants intersect outside the circle, then the measure of the angle formed is half the difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs.