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4.3 Circles - Arc length and sector area
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Point O is the center of a circle. The measure of arc R S on this circle is 100°. What is the measure, in degrees, of its associated angle ROS?

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The correct answer is 100 . It's given that point O is the center of a circle and the measure of arc RS on the circle is 100/mo>. It follows that points R and S lie on the circle. Therefore, OR/mo> and OS/mo> are radii of the circle. A central angle is an angle formed by two radii of a circle, with its vertex at the center of the circle. Therefore, ROS is a central angle. Because the degree measure of an arc is equal to the measure of its associated central angle, it follows that the measure, in degrees, of ROS is 100 .