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====Inscribed angles with the center of the circle in their interior==== [[File:Circle-angles-21add-inscribed.svg|thumb|class=skin-invert-image| Case: Center interior to angle {{legend-line|solid blue|{{math|1=''ψ''{{sub|0}} = β ''DVC'', ''θ''{{sub|0}} = β ''DOC''}}}} {{legend-line|solid green|{{math|1=''ψ''{{sub|1}} = β ''EVD'', ''θ''{{sub|1}} = β ''EOD''}}}} {{legend-line|solid red|{{math|1=''ψ''{{sub|2}} = β ''EVC'', ''θ''{{sub|2}} = β ''EOC''}}}} ]] Given a circle whose center is point {{mvar|O}}, choose three points {{mvar|V, C, D}} on the circle. Draw lines {{mvar|VC}} and {{mvar|VD}}: angle {{math|β ''DVC''}} is an inscribed angle. Now draw line {{mvar|OV}} and extend it past point {{mvar|O}} so that it intersects the circle at point {{mvar|E}}. Angle {{math|β ''DVC''}} intercepts arc {{mvar|{{overarc|DC}}}} on the circle. Suppose this arc includes point {{mvar|E}} within it. Point {{mvar|E}} is diametrically opposite to point {{mvar|V}}. Angles {{math|β ''DVE'', β ''EVC''}} are also inscribed angles, but both of these angles have one side which passes through the center of the circle, therefore the theorem from the above Part 1 can be applied to them. Therefore, <math display=block> \angle DVC = \angle DVE + \angle EVC. </math> then let <math display=block>\begin{align} \psi_0 &= \angle DVC, \\ \psi_1 &= \angle DVE, \\ \psi_2 &= \angle EVC, \end{align}</math> so that <math display=block> \psi_0 = \psi_1 + \psi_2. \qquad \qquad (1) </math> Draw lines {{mvar|OC}} and {{mvar|OD}}. Angle {{math|β ''DOC''}} is a central angle, but so are angles {{math|β ''DOE''}} and {{math|β ''EOC''}}, and <math display=block> \angle DOC = \angle DOE + \angle EOC. </math> Let <math display=block>\begin{align} \theta_0 &= \angle DOC, \\ \theta_1 &= \angle DOE, \\ \theta_2 &= \angle EOC, \end{align}</math> so that <math display=block> \theta_0 = \theta_1 + \theta_2. \qquad \qquad (2) </math> From Part One we know that <math> \theta_1 = 2 \psi_1 </math> and that <math> \theta_2 = 2 \psi_2 </math>. Combining these results with equation (2) yields <math display=block> \theta_0 = 2 \psi_1 + 2 \psi_2 = 2(\psi_1 + \psi_2) </math> therefore, by equation (1), <math display=block> \theta_0 = 2 \psi_0. </math>
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