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A line that goes through a circle is a secant line. (Remember that a line is infinitely long.) Anyline that passes through a circle is a secant line, whether it passes through the center of the circle or not. Compare this to a line segment with endpoints on the circumference of a circle. That segment is called a cord of that circle. If the cord of a circle passes through the center of that circle, it is a diameter of that circle, which is the longest cord of the circle.
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How do you divide a circle into 7 parts?
Make a horizontal line and vertical line through the circle. You now have 4 parts. Make a line from the center to the edge of the circle in 3 of these parts and you now have 7 parts.
What is the chord of a circle?
Take any circle and draw a straight line through it anywhere so that the line intersects the circle at two distinct points. The segment between the two points on the circle is the chord. A diameter, that is, a line segment through the center, could be a chord. But any shorter segment drawn through the circle and intersecting the circle at those two distinct points is a chord. It's just that simple. Need a link? You'll find one below.
What is the name of a straight line that connects two points on a circle's circumference?
A chordof a circle is a geometric line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle. A secantor a secant line is the line extension of a chord. More generally, a chord is a line segment joining two points on any curve, such as but not limited to an ellipse. A chord that passes through the circle's center point is the circle's diameter.
What is the radius of a circle with the diameter of 6?
The diameter is the length of a straight line, from one side of the circle to the other, passing through the centre. The radius is a straight line from the circle centre to the circle itself and is always = half the length of the diameter, so 6 * 0.5 = 3
A straight line going through the center of a circle connecting two points circumference?
The diameter.
