Chords Tangents Secants

Solve for x.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 12

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

Find the length of VZ.

• 8

• 9

• 10

• 17

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

• 4
• 18
• 3
• 9

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

A line segment on the interior of a circle with endpoints on the circle

• Radius

• Diameter

• Secant

• Chord

A line that passes through a circle

• Secant

• Tangent

• Chord

• Radius

A line segment connecting any two points on a circle is called a _____________. 

• diameter

• chord

• radius

• circumference 

A line  that intersects a circle at exactly one point is a ____________.

• tangent

• secant

• chord

• radius

What is true about chords?

• Their end points are on the circle

• They go though the circle

• They touch the circle at one point

• They always go through the center point

What is true about tangents?

• Their end points are on the circle

• They go though the circle

• They touch the circle at one point

• They always go through the center point

What best describes segment AB?

• chord

• secant

• tangent

• diameter