Similarity and circles

This spread will show you how to:

 Solve problems involving similarity and circles

Figure 1 shows two chords that
Intersect inside a circle

AED and CEB

are similar triangles

AE DE

CE BE
or
AE  BE  CE  DE

This result called the intersecting chords theorem

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Figure 2 shows two chords that
Intersect outside a circle

ABD and AEC

are similar triangles

AD AB

AC AE
or
AD  AE  AC  AB

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Figure 2 shows a tangent to a circle

Intersecting line BAC with

B and A om the circle CBD and CDA

are similar triangles

CB CD
 or CA CB  CD 2
CD CA

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IGCSE Mathematics
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