Q: In the following diagram, AB is the diameter of a semicircle, and C is a point on the circle. If $\angle B = 50°$, find $\angle ACD$.
Feedback: Not quite! By Thales’s Theorem, since AB is the diameter of the semicircle, we know that $\angle ACB = 90°$. Then, in right-angled triangle ABC, we can calculate $\angle A = 180° - 90° - 50° = 40°$. Finally, in right-angled triangle ACD, we find $\angle ACD = 180° - 90° - 40° = 50°$.
Feedback: Well done! By Thales’s Theorem, since AB is the diameter of the semicircle, we know that $\angle ACB = 90°$. Then, in right-angled triangle ABC, we can calculate $\angle A = 180° - 90° - 50° = 40°$. Finally, in right-angled triangle ACD, we find $\angle ACD = 180° - 90° - 40° = 50°$.