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Any line that passes through a circle and touches two points on its circumference is a secant line. (Recall that a line is infinitely long.) If the line passes through the center of the circle, it is still called a secant line. Compare this to a line segment that has its endpoints on the circumference of the circle. That line segment is called the cord of the circle. If that cord passes through the center of the circle, it is a diameter of the circle, which is the longest cord of that circle.
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A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle?
the answer is the diameter
What is a chord that passes through the cent of a circle?
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.
How many lines of symmetry does a circle have?
A circle has an infinite number of lines of symmetry. Any chord of the circle that passes through its center will be a line of symmetry. And there are an infinite number of lines that can be drawn through the center of the circle, the length of which is equal to the diameter of the circle.
What is the distance across a circle through the center called?
it is called a diameter.The diameter !I think this answers your question:A segment whose end points both rest on the same circle and which passes through the center of the same circle is called the circle's diameter.a line from the edge of a circle through the center to the other side is the diameterRadiusDiameter
What is a line segment between two points on the circle or sphere which passes through the center?
A diameter - provided it meets the boundary of the circle or sphere on opposite sides.
