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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?
A chord is any line segment going from one side of the circle to another. A diameter is a special chord - it is a chord that goes through the center of the circle. It is also the biggest chord possible in the circle. So all diameters are chords, but not all chords are diameters
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?
A chord is any line segment going from one side of the circle to another. A diameter is a special chord - it is a chord that goes through the center of the circle. It is also the biggest chord possible in the circle. So all diameters are chords, but not all chords are diameters
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.
