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Arc measure with equations

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Problem

In the figure below, AC and BD are diameters of circle P.
What is the arc measure of major arc BDC in degrees?
A circle that is centered around point P. Points A, B, C, and D all lie on this circle in a clockwise direction. Line segment A C and line segment B D are diameters of the circle. Line segments A P, B P, C P, and D P are radii of the circle. The angle A P D is two K plus one hundred fifty-three degrees. The angle B P C is four K plus one hundred fifty-nine degrees.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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