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two quarter circles solution

Solution to the Two Quarter Circles Puzzle

Two Quarter Circles

Two quarter circles. What’s the angle?

Solution by Angle at the Circumference is Half the Angle at the Centre and Angles in the Same Segment

Two quarter circles labelled

With the points labelled as above, the blue circle has centre GG and passes through CC, DD, and EE. The point FF will end up lying on this circle, but this needs to be shown.

The reflex angle AB^CA \hat{B} C is 270 270^\circ, so since the angle at the circumference is half the angle at the centre, angle AF^CA \hat{F} C is 135 135^\circ. Then from angles at a point on a straight line, angle CF^DC \hat{F} D is 45 45^\circ. This is the same as angle CE^DC \hat{E} D and so from the converse to angles in the same segment being equal, FF lies on the same circle as EE, CC, and DD.

Finally, since angles in the same segment are equal, angle DF^ED \hat{F} E is the same as angle DC^ED \hat{C} E, which is 45 45^\circ. Hence angle DF^ED \hat{F} E is 45 45^\circ.