
In the diagram, PTR is a tangent to the circle centre O, if the angle TON = 108o. Calculate the size of angle PTN
132o
126o
108o
102o
$\begin{align} & \left| ON \right|=\left| OT \right|\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Radius of a circle }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \angle ONT=\angle OTN\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Base }\angle s\text{ of Isso }\vartriangle \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \text{Let }\angle ONT=a \\ & a+a+{{108}^{\circ }}={{180}^{\circ }}\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Sum of }\angle s\text{ in a }\vartriangle \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & 2a={{72}^{\circ }} \\ & a={{36}^{\circ }} \\ & \angle ONT=\angle OTN={{36}^{\circ }} \\ & \angle OTP={{90}^{\circ }}\text{ }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Tangent to a circle }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \angle PTN=\angle OTP+\angle OTN={{90}^{\circ }}+{{36}^{\circ }}={{126}^{\circ }} \\\end{align}$
