Chords of A Circle
Further information: Chord propertiesAmong properties of chords of a circle are the following:
- Chords are equidistant from the center only if their lengths are equal.
- A chord's perpendicular bisector passes through the centre.
- If the line extensions (secant lines) of chords AB and CD intersect at a point P, then their lengths satisfy AP·PB = CP·PD (power of a point theorem).
The area that a circular chord "cuts off" is called a circular segment.
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