What is the difference between a chord and secant of a circle?
Asked by Topperlearning User
| 4th Jun, 2014,
01:23: PM
Expert Answer:
Chord is a line segment joining two points on the circle, while secant is a line ‘l’ intersecting the circle in two distinct points.
AB is the chord. Line ‘l’ is the secant.
Answered by
| 4th Jun, 2014,
03:23: PM
Application Videos
Concept Videos
- solution
- What is a tangent?
- what is chord
- 10.2 exercise question and answers explain
- if two circles intersect in two points,prove that the line through the centres is the perpendicular bisector of the common chord
- Does a diameter of acircle divides it into two equal segments?
- Prove that two different circles cannot intersect each other at more than two points.
- Define centre of a circle.
- Define sector of a circle.
Kindly Sign up for a personalised experience
- Ask Study Doubts
- Sample Papers
- Past Year Papers
- Textbook Solutions
Sign Up
Verify mobile number
Enter the OTP sent to your number
Change