The longest distance across a circle is its diameter and the shortest distance is a minor chord
The longest chord of a circle is its diameter
No, but the diameter of a circle is its largest chord
Imagine if you will a circle with a chord drawn through it and a line running from the center of that chord to the center of the circle. That line is necessarily perpendicular to the chord. This means you have a right triangle whose hypotenuse is the radius of the circle. The radius is thus given by: r = sqrt{(1/2 chord length)^2 + (length of perpendicular line)^2} The actual formula to find the radius is as follows: r= C squared/8a + a/2, where C is the chord length, and a is the distance from center point of the chord to the circle , and a and C form an angle of 90 degrees. the entire formula before simplification is r = sqrt {(1/2 C)^2 + (r-a)^2}
The diameter of a circle is a circle's largest chord.
The longest distance across a circle is its diameter and the shortest distance is a minor chord
A chord of which the circle's diameter is the largest chord
The longest chord of a circle is its diameter
It is the circle's diameter that is the biggest chord.
No, but the diameter of a circle is its largest chord
Yes, the largest chord of a circle is its diameter.
A chord of a circle that contains the center of the circle is called the diameter.
If radius of a circle intersects a chord then it bisects the chord only if radius is perpendicular to the chord.
The largest chord of a circle is its diameter
Imagine if you will a circle with a chord drawn through it and a line running from the center of that chord to the center of the circle. That line is necessarily perpendicular to the chord. This means you have a right triangle whose hypotenuse is the radius of the circle. The radius is thus given by: r = sqrt{(1/2 chord length)^2 + (length of perpendicular line)^2} The actual formula to find the radius is as follows: r= C squared/8a + a/2, where C is the chord length, and a is the distance from center point of the chord to the circle , and a and C form an angle of 90 degrees. the entire formula before simplification is r = sqrt {(1/2 C)^2 + (r-a)^2}
A chord is any line segment that connect two points of a circle. If a chord passes through the center of the circle it is called the DIAMETER of the circle. The diameter of any circle is the longest chord of that circle as well.
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.