Open In App

Angle subtended by an arc at the centre of a circle

Improve
Improve
Like Article
Like
Save
Share
Report

Given the angle subtended by an arc at the circle circumference X, the task is to find the angle subtended by an arc at the centre of a circle.
For eg in the below given image, you are given angle X and you have to find angle Y. 
 

Examples: 
 

Input: X = 30 
Output: 60
Input: X = 90 
Output: 180 
 

 

Approach: 
 

  • When we draw the radius AD and the chord CB, we get three small triangles.
  • The three triangles ABC, ADB and ACD are isosceles as AB, AC and AD are radiuses of the circle.
  • So in each of these triangles, the two acute angles (s, t and u) in each are equal.
  • From the diagram, we can see 
     
D = t + u (i)
  • In triangle ABC, 
     
s + s + A = 180 (angles in triangle)
ie, A = 180 - 2s  (ii)
  • In triangle BCD, 
     
(t + s) + (s + u) + (u + t) = 180 (angles in triangle again)
so 2s + 2t + 2u = 180
ie 2t + 2u = 180 - 2s (iii)
A = 2t + 2u = 2D from (i), (ii)  and (iii)
  • Hence Proved that ‘the angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference‘.

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 

C++




// C++ implementation of the approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find Angle
// subtended by an arc
// at the centre of a circle
int angle(int n)
{
    return 2 * n;
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 30;
    cout << angle(n);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java implementation of the approach
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG
{
     
// Function to find Angle subtended
// by an arc at the centre of a circle
static int angle(int n)
{
    return 2 * n;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    int n = 30;
    System.out.println(angle(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by ajit.


Python3




# Python3 implementation of the approach
 
# Function to find Angle
# subtended by an arc
# at the centre of a circle
def angle(n):
    return 2 * n
 
# Driver code
n = 30
print(angle(n))
 
# This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar


C#




// C# implementation of the approach
using System;
 
class GFG
{
     
// Function to find Angle subtended
// by an arc at the centre of a circle
static int angle(int n)
{
    return 2 * n;
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main()
{
    int n = 30;
    Console.Write(angle(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Akanksha_Rai


Javascript




<script>
// JavaScript implementation of the approach
 
// Function to find Angle
// subtended by an arc
// at the centre of a circle
function angle(n)
{
    return 2 * n;
}
 
// Driver code
 
    let n = 30;
    document.write(angle(n));
 
// This code is contributed by Surbhi Tyagi.
 
</script>


Output: 

60

 

Time Complexity: O(1)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 



Last Updated : 10 Mar, 2022
Like Article
Save Article
Previous
Next
Share your thoughts in the comments
Similar Reads