Tangent Lines and Chord Properties - Practice Set
Recall / Warm-Up
A line is tangent to a circle at point . A radius is drawn to point . What angle do the tangent line and radius form?
A right triangle has a hypotenuse of and one leg of . Find the length of the other leg.
Which statement correctly describes a chord of a circle?
A chord passes through the center of the circle.
A chord is tangent to the circle.
A chord has both endpoints on the circle.
A chord always bisects the circle.
Fluency Practice
A circle has center and radius . A tangent line touches the circle at point . If the distance from to a point on the tangent line is , find .
A circle has radius . A tangent line from external point touches the circle at . The distance . Find the length of the tangent segment .
Two tangent lines are drawn from external point to a circle of radius . The distance from to the center is . Find the length of each tangent segment.
A circle has radius and a chord is units from the center (perpendicular distance). Find the chord length.
Two chords intersect inside a circle. One chord is divided into segments of and . The other chord is divided into segments of and . Find .
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