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SECANT 8

SEGMENT
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The tangent line to a plane
curve at a given point is the
straight line that "just touches"
the curve at that point
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SECANT
SEGMENT
A secant segment is a segment
with one endpoint on a circle, one
endpoint outside the circle, and
one point between these points
that intersects the circle.
 THEOREM ON TWO 6 $
£
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INTERSECTING 5 1
9
CHORDS 1
0

⊸ If two chords of a circle 4

8 3

intersect, then the 2

product of the measures
5
of the segments of one €
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chord is equal to the 7

product of the measures 4

8
of the segments of the
other chord.
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THEOREM ON TWO $
1
6
5
4
INTERSECTING
7
¥ 0
£ 9

1
CHORDS 1

4
3 8

$
6

0 2
9
3
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2 7
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4
€
5 £ 8 5
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EXTERNAL
5 1
9 0
1

SECANT SEGMENT 4
8 3

⊸ An external segment 2

is the part of a secant € 5

¥
segment that is 7

outside a circle 4
8
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2 9 5

EXTERNAL
1
4 7 £ 9
¥ 0
1

SECANT SEGMENT
1 3 8
4
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6

0 2
9
3
5
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THEOREMS ON SECANT
SEGMENTS, TANGENT
SEGMENTS,
AND EXTERNAL SECANT
SEGMENTS
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2 9 1 5
£ 9
1. If two secant segments ¥are
4 7
0
1 drawn to a circle from an exterior1
3 8
4
$ point, then the product of the
6
lengths of one secant segment
and its external secant segment is
equal to the product of the 8

9
lengths of the other secant
0 2

segment
3
2 and its external secant
7 ¥
5
€
segment. €
4

5 £ 8 5
 $ 6
2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
¥ 0
1 1
3 8
4
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6

0 2
9
3
5
2 7
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4
€
5 £ 8 5
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2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9

1
2. If a tangent segment and ¥
a 1 0
3
secant segment are drawn to a 4 8

$
circle
6 from an exterior point, then
the square of the length of the
tangent segment is equal to the 8
product
0 of the lengths of the 2
9
secant
3 segment and its external 5
secant €
2
segment. 7 ¥
4
€
5 £ 8 5
 $ 6
2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
¥ 0
1 1
3 8
4
$
6

0 2
9
3
5
2 7
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4
€
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6

0
RIGHT! 2
8

9
3
5
2 7
€ ¥
4
€
5 £ 8 5
 $ 6
2 9 1 5
£ 9
1. If two chords of a
4 7
¥ 0
1 circle intersect, then 1
3 8
4
$ the product of the
6
measures of the
segments of one chord
is equal to the product 8

9
0
of the measures of the 2

3
segments
2 of the other 7 ¥
5
€
chord. €
4

5 £ 8 5
 6 $
£
15

5 1
9 0
1

8 3
4

€ 5
¥

7
4
8
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£
16

5 1
9 0
1

8 3
4

€ 5
¥

7
4
8
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2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
¥ 0
1 1
3 8
4
$
6

0 2
9
3
5
2 7
€ ¥
4
€
5 £ 8 5
 $ 6
2 9 5
2. If
4 two7 secant segments are £1
9

1
drawn to a circle from¥ an 1 0
3
exterior point, then the
8
4
$
6 product of the lengths of one

secant segment and its

external secant segment is 8

0 equal to the product of the 2

9
3 lengths of the other secant 5
segment and its external 7 ¥
2
€ 4

5 £ secant
8 5 segment. €
 6 $
£
19

5 1
9 0
1

8 3
4

€ 5
¥

7
4
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2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
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6

0 2
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6

0 2
9
3
5
2 7
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€
5 £ 8 5
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2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
3. If a tangent segment ¥and a 0
1
secant segment are drawn to1 3 8
4
$
6
a circle from an exterior point,
then the square of the length
of the tangent segment is
equal to the product of the 8

9
0
lengths of the secant segment 2
3
2 and its external 7 ¥
5
€ 4
secant segment. €
5 £ 8 5
 6 $
£
23

5 1
9 0
1

8 3
4

€ 5
¥

7
4
8
 $ 6
2 9 1 5
4 7 £ 9
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6

0 2
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4 7 £ 9
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