Assertion: a parallelogram inscribed in a circle must be a rectangle. Reason: the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary. State whether both are true and whether the reason explains the assertion.
Circles
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
120°
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OA and OB are perpendicular to the tangents, so angles OAP and OBP are each 90°. In quadrilateral OAPB the angles add to 360°, so angle AOB = 360° − 90° − 90° − 60° = 120°.
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Circles
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Circles
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Circles
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Circles