The measure of the angle formed by two tangents to a circle is 80. What are the measures of the intercepted arcs?

Question
Answer:
we know that

An exterior angle is one that has its vertex at an outer point of the circumference.
The measure of the external angle is the semidifference of the arcs that it covers.

in this problem the external angle is 80°
and 
the semidifference of the arcs that it covers is ----> (arcSQP-arc PS)/2
so
(arcSQP-arc PS)/2=80°

Let
x-----------> arc SQP
then
arc PS=360-x

(arcSQP-arc PS)/2=80°----->(x-(360-x))/2=80°-----> (x-360+x)=160°

(2x)=160°+360°-------> x=520/2---------> x=260°

therefore
arc arcSQP=260°
arcPS=360-260------> arc PS=100°

see the attached figure to better understand the problem


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