Chapter 10 - All Flashcards
Interior of a circle
Points inside of a circle.
Exterior of a circle
Points outside of a circle.
Chord
A segment whose endpoints are on the circle.
Diameter
A chord that passes through the cent of a circle.
Radius
A segment whose endpoints consist of the center of the circle and a point on the circle.
Tangent
If a line intersects a circle at exactly one point, then the line is a tangent of the circle.
Secant
If a line intersects a circle at two points, then the line is a secant of the circle.
Common tangent
A line that is tangent to two circles.
Common external tangent
A common tangent that does not intersect the segment that joins the centers of the circle.
Common internal tangent
A common tangent that intersects the segment that joins the centers of the circle.
Two circles can intersect in 4 different ways…
No points
One point
Two points
All points
Concentric circles
Circles that have the same center.
Congruent circles
Circles with congruent radii or diameters.
If a line is tangent to a circle
Then it is perpendicular to the radius drawn to the point of tangency.
In a plane, if a line is perpendicular to a radius of a circle, at its endpoints on the circle,
Then the line is tangent to a circle.
If two segments from the same exterior point are tangent to a circle,
Then they are congruent.