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AMSCO'S Geometry. New York - Rye High School

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Measures of Tangent Segments, Chords, and Secant Segments 579SUMMARYType of Segment Length ExampleFormed by TwoIntersectingChordsIf two chords intersect, theproduct of the measures of thesegments of one chord is equalto the product of the measures ofof the segments of the other.DAOECBFormed by aTangentIntersectinga SecantFormed by TwoIntersectingSecantsIf a tangent and a secant are drawnto a circle from an external point,then the square of the length ofthe tangent segment is equal tothe product of the lengths of thesecant segment and its externalsegment.If two secant segments aredrawn to a circle from anexternal point, then the productof the lengths of one secantsegment and its external segmentis equal to the product of thelengths of the other secantsegment and its external segment.(AE)(EB) 5 (CE)(ED)AOCBP(PA) 2 5 (PC)(PB)PACB OD(PB)(PA) 5 (PD)(PC)ExercisesWriting About Mathematics1. The length of chord AB in circle O is 24. Vanessa said that any chord of circle O that intersectsAB at its midpoint, M, is separated by M into two segments such that the product ofthe lengths of the segments is 144. Do you agree with Vanessa? Justify your answer.2. Secants ABP and CDP are drawn to circle O. If AP CP, is BP DP? Justify youranswer.

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