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Write True Or False. Give Reasons for Your Answers. If a Circle is Divided into Three Equal Arcs, Each is a Major Arc.

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Question

Write True or False. Give reasons for your answers.

If a circle is divided into three equal arcs, each is a major arc.

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  • True

  • False

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True or False
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Solution

False.

Consider three arcs of same length as AB, BC, and CA. It can be observed that for minor arc BDC, CAB is a major arc. Therefore, AB, BC, and CA are minor arcs of the circle.

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