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two circles solution

Solution to the Two Circles Puzzle

Two Circles

What’s the angle?

Solution by Angles in the Same Segment, Opposite Angles in a Cyclic Quadrilateral, and Angle at the Centre is Twice the Angle at the Circumference

Two circles annotated

Label the points as above, with OO the centre of the blue circle.

Angles EO^AE \hat{O} A and ED^AE \hat{D} A are equal since they are angles in the same segment. Then ADECA D E C is a cyclic quadrilateral so angles AC^EA \hat{C} E and ED^AE \hat{D} A add up to 180 180^\circ. But also angles AC^BA \hat{C} B, CB^AC \hat{B} A, and BA^CB \hat{A} C add up to 180 180^\circ since they are angles in a triangle. Therefore, angles CB^AC \hat{B} A and BA^CB \hat{A} C add up to angle EO^AE \hat{O} A.

Then angle EO^AE \hat{O} A is twice angle CB^AC \hat{B} A since the angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference. Hence angles CB^AC \hat{B} A and BA^CB \hat{A} C add up to twice angle CB^AC \hat{B} A, so they must be equal. Thus angle CB^AC \hat{B}A is 50 50^\circ.