Drawing an arc for given two endpoints, center and radius of the arc

You can use the angles-library of tikz.

Add angles to your \usetikzlibrary

\usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc, angles}

Add at the end of your code:

\coordinate (o) at (3,4);
\pic [draw, angle radius=3.5cm] {angle=a--o--b};

The points R and X are already defined by the two intersection points a and b. You just need to add a coordinate at your point O to let tikz do the work.

EDIT: Complete example with explicit coordinates

\documentclass[tikz, border=5mm]{standalone}

\usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc, angles}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \coordinate [label=below:$P$] (p) at (0,0);
    \coordinate [label=below:$Q$] (q) at (2,0);
    \coordinate [label=above:$O$] (o) at (3,4);

    \path [name path=l1] (p) -- +(0,4);
    \path [name path=l2] (q) -- +(0,4);
    \path [name path=circ] ($(o)+(200:3.5cm)$) arc (200:260:3.5cm);

    \path [name intersections={of=l1 and circ, by=ri}];
    \path [name intersections={of=l2 and circ, by=xi}];

    \coordinate [label=above:$R$] (r) at (ri);
    \coordinate [label=above:$X$] (x) at (xi);

    \coordinate [label=right:$S$] (s) at (r-|o);
    \coordinate [label=right:$Y$] (y) at (x-|o);
    \coordinate [label=below:$Z$] (z) at (q-|o);

    \draw (r) -- (p) -- (q) -- (x);

    \begin{scope}[dotted]
        \draw (r) -- (s) (q) -- (z) -- (o) (x) -- (y) (r) -- (o) -- (x);
        \pic [draw, angle radius=3.5cm] {angle=r--o--x};
    \end{scope}

    \begin{scope}[|<->|]
        \draw ([xshift=-.1cm]r) -- ([xshift=-.1cm]p) node [midway, left] {$H$};
        \draw ([xshift=.1cm]q) -- ([xshift=.1cm]x) node [midway, right] {$h$};
        \draw ([yshift=.1cm]p) -- ([yshift=.1cm]q) node [midway, above] {$d$};
    \end{scope}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

rendered image


One option: let draw the circle again, but clip it whitin the area defined by O-R-P-Q-O.

Note: I've changed some pairs (x,y) node {...} by labelled coordinates: (x,y) coordinate[label=below:...] (...)

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[auto]
        \draw (0,0) coordinate[label=below:$P$] (P) -- (2,0) coordinate[label=below:$Q$] (Q);
        \path[name path=circ] (3,4) coordinate[label=$O$] (O) circle (3.5);
        \path[name path=l1] (0,0) -- (0,4);
        \path[name path=l2] (2,0) -- (2,4);

        \path[name intersections={of=l1 and circ, by=R}];
        \path[name intersections={of=l2 and circ, by=X}];
        \draw (0,0) -- (R) node[above] {$R$};
        \draw (2,0) -- (X) node[above] {$X$};

        %The arc is drawn here
         \begin{scope}
         \clip (O)--(R)--(P)--(X)--cycle;
         \draw[red, densely dotted] (O) circle (3.5);
         \end{scope}

        \draw[densely dotted] (3,4) -- (3,0) node[right] {$Z$} -- (2,0);
        \draw[densely dotted] (X) -- (X -| 3,0) node[right] {$Y$} (R) -- (R -| 3,0) node[right] {$S$};
        \draw[densely dotted] (R) -- (3,4) -- (X);

        \draw[|<->|] (-0.1, 0) -- node {$H$} ($ (R) +(-.1,0) $);
        \draw[|<->|] (2.1,0) -- node[swap] {$h$} ($ (X) +(.1,0) $);

        \draw[|<->|] (0, .1) --node {$d$} (2,.1);

    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Update:

Your code defines a large bounding box because you use a complete circle around O. If you need to obtain a more adjusted graphic, you can use only the arc corresponding to the third quadrant of the circle:

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[auto]
        \draw (0,0) coordinate[label=below:$P$] (P) -- (2,0) coordinate[label=below:$Q$] (Q);

          \coordinate[label=$O$] (O) at (3,4);
          \path[name path=circ] (-0.5,4) arc[start angle=180, end angle=270, radius=3.5];
%        \path[name path=circ] (3,4) coordinate[label=$O$] (O) circle (3.5);

        \path[name path=l1] (P) -- (0,4);
        \path[name path=l2] (Q) -- (2,4);

        \path[name intersections={of=l1 and circ, by=R}];
        \path[name intersections={of=l2 and circ, by=X}];
        \draw (0,0) -- (R) node[above] {$R$};
        \draw (2,0) -- (X) node[above] {$X$};

         \begin{scope}
         \clip (O)--(R)--(P)--(X)--cycle;
         \draw[red, densely dotted] (O) circle (3.5);
         \end{scope}

        \draw[densely dotted] (O) -- (3,0) node[right] {$Z$} -- (Q);
        \draw[densely dotted] (X) -- (X -| O) node[right] {$Y$} (R) -- (R -| O) node[right] {$S$};
        \draw[densely dotted] (R) -- (O) -- (X);

        \draw[|<->|] (-0.1, 0) -- node {$H$} ($ (R) +(-.1,0) $);
        \draw[|<->|] (2.1,0) -- node[swap] {$h$} ($ (X) +(.1,0) $);

        \draw[|<->|] (0, .1) --node {$d$} (2,.1);

    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

enter image description here


You could use tkz-euclide package.

In this way you have only to add

\tkzDrawArc(origin,a)(b) 

and define

`\node at (3,4) (origin) {};` 

(you can also use \coordinate for the point definition, of course).

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
\usetkzobj{all} 
\usetikzlibrary{intersections, calc}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}[auto]
    \draw (0,0) node[below] {$P$} -- (2,0) node[below] {$Q$};
    \node at (3,4) (origin) {};
    \path[name path=circ] (3,4) node[above] {$O$} circle (3.5);
    \path[name path=l1] (0,0) -- (0, 4);
    \path[name path=l2] (2,0) -- (2,4);

    \path[name intersections={of=l1 and circ, by=a}];
    \path[name intersections={of=l2 and circ, by=b}];
    \draw (0,0) -- (a) node[above] {$R$};
    \draw (2,0) -- (b) node[above] {$X$};

    \draw[densely dotted] (3,4) -- (3,0) node[right] {$Z$} -- (2,0);
    \draw[densely dotted] (b) -- (b -| 3,0) node[right] {$Y$} (a) -- (a -| 3,0) node[right] {$S$};
    \draw[densely dotted] (a) -- (3,4) -- (b);

    \draw[|<->|] (-0.1, 0) -- node {$H$} ($ (a) +(-.1,0) $);
    \draw[|<->|] (2.1,0) -- node[swap] {$h$} ($ (b) +(.1,0) $);

    \draw[|<->|] (0, .1) --node {$d$} (2,.1);

    \tkzDrawArc(origin,a)(b)

    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

enter image description here

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