Tangent and Secant Segments

(Short Oral Review about secants, tangents, segments and chords)

Chord-is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle.

Secant- is the infinite line extension of a chord.

Segment- a line with two endpoints.

Theorem on Two Intersecting Chords

If two chords of a circle intersect, then the product of the measures of the
segments of one chord is equal to the product of the measures of the segments of
the other chord.

SAˑNA=DAˑLA

Example
External Secant Segment

An external secant segment is the part of a secant segment that is outside a

circle.

In the figure, GM and SM are secants.

AM and EM are external secant segments.

GAˑAM=SEˑEM

Example

Theorems on Secant Segments, Tangent segments, and External

Secant Segments
1. If two secant segments are drawn to a circle from an exterior point, then
the products of the lengths of one secant segment and its external secant
segment is equal to the product of the lengths of the other secant segment
and its external secant segment.

ARˑIR=NRˑER
 2. If a tangent segment and a secant segment are drawn to a circle from an
exterior point, then the square of the length of the tangent segments is
equal to the product of the lengths of the secant segments and its external
secant segment.

(CO) ²=YOˑNO

Examples:

Theorem 1

Theorem 2
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