Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Jobs & Education > Education > School Subjects > Math and Arithmetic > What is the difference between a chord and a secant of a circle?

What is the difference between a chord and a secant of a circle?

In: Math and Arithmetic, Geometry [Edit categories]

Answer:

A picture is worth a thousand words. Use the link below and become enlightened.

First answer by Schnazola. Last edit by Quirkyquantummechanic. Contributor trust: 3702 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 23 [recommend question].

[report abuse]

Sources and related links: [Edit]

	What is thirty five million divided by three hundred sixty five?	Answer it!
	How do you write a rational expression that is undefined when x equals 4 and x equals 0?	Answer it!
	Who found formula of volume of cylinders?	Answer it!
	What is subtraction expression?	Answer it!
	How do you avoid square root symbol coming after press 1 key?	Answer it!

What is difference between chord and secant?
a chord is a line segment and its endpoints are on the circle. a secant line is a "line" (meaning it is continuous and has no end points) that intersects a circle (in two places if that's not...
What is difference between circle and line?
A line is straight and never-ending. A circle curves and is round.
What is the difference between a circle and triangle?
a circle has no corners or sides and a triangle has 3 of each.
What is the difference between a circle and an ellipse?
-- the eccentricityor-- the distance between the focior-- the ratio of the major and minor axes
What is the difference between sphere and circle?
a sphere is a 3D circle like a ball 3D Items you can pick up they have three dimentions (they stand out) a circle is a 2D item like a pattern of circles 2D items have 2 dimentions (they're flat)