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If a radius of a circle is perpendicular to a chord then?
Then the radius bisects the chord.
If a radius of a circle intersects a chord it is perpendicular to that chord?
False
How is an apothem different from a radius?
An apothem is a line drawn perpendicular to a side of a regular polygon from the center of the polygon. A polygon is not a circle so it cannot have a radius. The radius of a circle is drawn from the center to any point in the circumference of the circle. You can draw a circle which encloses the regular polygon touching all vertices. The polygon is said to be inscribed in the circle. The apothem will be less than the radius because the radius is not perpendicular to any side, it can be drawn to a vertex but the apothem is perpendicular to a side, so it is shorter. Ex: draw a square with a circle which inscribes it. You can see that the apothem will be less than the radius.
What does perpendicular mean mathematicalywhat is radius?
Perpindicular lines are like the lines in the letter "T". The intersect each other at a 90 degree angle. A radius is the distance from the center of the circle to the circle itself. It is half the circle's diameter.
A line touching an arc or circle at only one point perpendicular to the arc's radius is said to be?
tangent
