NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 10
Important NCERT Questions
Circles
NCERT Books for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board Others state Board
EXERCISE 10.2
Page No:214
Questions No:13
Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary angles at the Centre of the circle.
Share
Get Hindi Medium and English Medium NCERT Solution for Class 10 Maths to download.
Please follow the link to visit website for first and second term exams solutions.
https://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-10/maths/chapter-10/
Quadrilateral ABCD is circumscribing a circle with centre O, touching at point P, Q, R and S.
join the points P, Q, R and S from the centre O.
In ΔOAP and ΔOAS,
OP = OS [radill of same circle]
AP = AS [Tangents drawn from point A]
AO = AO [Common]
ΔOPA ≅ ΔOCA [SSS Congruency rule]
Hence, ∠POA = ∠SOA or ∠1 = ∠8
Similarly, ∠2 = ∠3, ∠4 = ∠5 and ∠6 = ∠7
Sum of all angles at point O is 360°. Therefore
∠1 + ∠2 + ∠3 + ∠4 + ∠5 + ∠6 + ∠7 + ∠8 = 360°
⇒ (∠1 + ∠8) + (∠2 + ∠3) + (∠4 + ∠5) + (∠6 + ∠7) = 360°
⇒ 2∠1 + 2∠2 + 2∠5 + 2∠6 = 360
⇒ 2(∠1 + ∠2) + 2(∠5 + ∠6) = 360
⇒ (∠1 + ∠2) + (∠5 + ∠6) = 180°
⇒ ∠AOB + ∠COD = 180°
Similarly, we can prove ∠BOC + ∠DOA = 180°
Hence, the opposite sides subtend supplementary angles at the centre.