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It is the circle's diameter that is the biggest chord.
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What is the name for a chord that passes through the center of a circle?
The chord that passes through the centre is the biggest chord in a circle and it is the diameter.
What is the difference between diameter and a chord?
Diameter is a special type of chord diameter is a chord that goes through the centre of the circle. Diameter is a longest chord of the circle.and Chord is any line segment which connect one point to other at the circumference of the circle is called chord
If a radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects that chord?
If radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects the chord only if radius is perpendicular to the chord.
What is the longest chord of a circle know as?
The largest chord of a circle is its diameter
If a radius of a circle is perpendicular to a chord at what point does it intersect the chord?
The radius of the circle that is perpendicular to a chord intersects the chord at its midpoint, so it is said to bisect the chord.
What is the name for a chord that passes through the center of a circle?
The chord that passes through the centre is the biggest chord in a circle and it is the diameter.
If we join any 2 points of a circle we get?
Normally a chord with the diameter of a circle being its biggest chord
What is the length of a biggest chord of a circle radius three eighths inch?
The biggest chord is the diameter which is radius*2 and so three quarters of an inch.
What is the line that cross a circle but not a diameter called?
I believe that is called a chord. Yes, a chord is the straight line segment that crosses a circle, from one side of the circle to the other. The biggest possible chord is the diameter. The curved part of the circle, cut off by the chord [or chords], is the arc or the angle.
What is the difference between diameter and a chord?
Diameter is a special type of chord diameter is a chord that goes through the centre of the circle. Diameter is a longest chord of the circle.and Chord is any line segment which connect one point to other at the circumference of the circle is called chord
What is the length of a biggest chord of a circle radius 4 cm?
It is 8 cm
What is a segment that has both endpoints on a circle?
A chord of which the circle's diameter is the largest chord
When is a Chord a diameter?
The longest chord of a circle is its diameter
Is a radius a chord of a circle?
No, but the diameter of a circle is its largest chord
Is the largest chord on a circle the diameter of the circle?
Yes, the largest chord of a circle is its diameter.
What is a chord of a circle that contains the center of a circle?
A chord of a circle that contains the center of the circle is called the diameter.
If a radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects that chord?
If radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects the chord only if radius is perpendicular to the chord.
