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Which is a secant?
Secant is a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
Does a secant line pass through the center of a circle?
No, a secant line does not pass through the center of a circle. A secant line is a line that intersects a circle in two distinct points. Only a line passing through the center of a circle is called a diameter.
What is the line that intersects a circle twice?
It is called a secant line
How is that any line intersecting the interior of a given circle is a secant of that circle?
Any line that enters a circle (and is not a tangent) must cross its boundary twice; once to enter, once to exit. Since a secant is a line segment that joins two different points on a curve, such a line as above is a secant.
What is a line called that contains a chord?
a secant of a circle
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