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Say true or false:
If a circle is divided into three equal arcs, then each is a major arc.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
We call an arc a major arc only when it is greater than a semicircle and if we divide a circle into 3 arcs each of it will be less than a semicircle so we can not call it a major arc but instead we call it a minor arc.
therefore option B

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