The diagram shows a circle, with centre , passing through , , , and .
and are tangents to the circle at points and respectively. Angle , angle and angle .
Find, giving reasons for each answer, the value of

- (a)
angle ,
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- (b)
angle .
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- (23)
- (b)
The game is now programmed such that no two same icons will appear in the display.
For example, if an interlocking-circles icon is chosen in set 1, this icon will be removed from set 2 and an icon will be randomly chosen from the remaining six icons in set 2 as shown in the diagram below.
Set 2: [Two interlocking-circles icons crossed out, followed by two sailboat icons, three rocket icons, and one graduate icon]
If now a graduate icon is chosen in set 2, the display would be [interlocking-circles icon] [graduate icon].
Draw a tree diagram to show the probabilities of all the possible outcomes.
- (b)
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Worked solution
22(a)
1. Find angle AOB using the isosceles triangle formed by the radii.
Since and are radii, , making an isosceles triangle.
(sum of angles in a triangle)
2. Find angle ADB using the angle at centre theorem.
(angle at centre is twice angle at circumference)
3. Find angle ADE and use the alternate segment theorem to find angle EAF.
By the alternate segment theorem, the angle between the tangent and chord is equal to the angle in the alternate segment.
22(b)
1. Find angle COG using the tangent–radius right angle
Since is a tangent and is a radius, , so (tangent radius).
In :
2. Use symmetry of the two tangents to find angle AOG
The tangents from external point to the circle are equal (), and (RHS). Hence bisects , so
3. Find angle AOB from isosceles triangle OAB
(radii), so is isosceles and (base angles of isosceles triangle).
4. Combine to find angle BOG
lies on the arc between and , with inside . Since and :
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