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           K                 C


                  O                                  01
                   Centre












                   ARC                                                                   X
                                                                               K     Arc KXL    L
                An arc is the distance
                between any two                      02                               O
                points on the                                                          Centre
                circumference of a
                circle.




                                                                                NAMING ARC

                    X
                                                                        An arc is named by
           K    Minor Arc KXL  L                                      three points, of which
                                                                             two are the end
                                                     01
                  O   Centre                         03                points of the arc and
                                                                         the third one lies in
                 Major Arc KYL                                                between them.

                    Y


              MINOR & MAJOR ARC


              An arc divides the circle
              into two parts: the smaller
              arc is called the minor arc,
              the larger one is called the
              major arc.
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