Difference between revisions of "Secant line"

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A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.
 
A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.
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{{
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asy image|<asy>
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draw(unitcircle,blue);
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draw((-0.4,-0.92)--(0.8,0.6),red);
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dot((0.8,0.6));
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dot((-0.4,-0.92));
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</asy>|right|A circle with a secant line.
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}}

Revision as of 18:32, 1 March 2013

A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.

[asy]  draw(unitcircle,blue); draw((-0.4,-0.92)--(0.8,0.6),red); dot((0.8,0.6)); dot((-0.4,-0.92));  [/asy]

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A circle with a secant line.