In your journal notebook, reflect and answer the questions,
1. How can you determine the lengths of the segments formed by intersect-
ing two chords?
2. How are the segments formed by intersecting two secants at an external
point related? A secant and a tangent at an external point related?​


Sagot :

1.) If two chords of a circle intersect, then the product of the measures of the segments of one chord is equal to the product of the measures of the segments of the other chord.

2.) If two secant segments are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the product of the lengths of one secant segment and its external secant segment is equal to the product of the lengths of the other secant segment and its external secant segment. However, If a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then the square of the length of the tangent segment is equal to the product of the lengths of the secant segment and its external secant segment.

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