A straight line can intersect a circle in three possible ways. It can be: A DIAMETER ACHORD A TANGENT B B : oA angent 7 Chords and segments Astraight line joining two points on the circumference of a circle is called a chord. A chord divides a circle into two segments. ‘minor segment Perpendicular Bisector Congruent Chords NL The perpendicular bisector of a chord passes through the Congruent chords are equidistant center of the circle from the center of a circleTHEOREM 1 Angles from the same arc in the same seginent are equal B a ‘The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the ( ° = circumference. KOA Anangleina aN seini-circle is ay alwayi’a right angle. THEOREM 4 LO\\_ Opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral add up to 180°. ( THEOREM 5 The angle between a tangent and a radius is a right angle. OAP = 90°. P tangent A THEOREM 6 The two tangents drawn from a point P outside acircle are equal in length. AP = BP. B & P 2 A THEOREM 7 The alternate segment theorem The angle between the tangent and the chord at the point of contact is equal to the angle in the alternate segment. c PP, i tangent chord