Question

AB is a chord of a circle. AB divides the circle into ____ parts and the part with higher area is called ____ and the part with smaller area is called_____.

• A. 2, major segment, minor segment
• B. 3, major arc, minor arc
• C. 2, minor arc, major arc
• D. 3, minor segment, major segment

Answer 1

The correct option is A 2, major segment, minor segment

AB is the chord of the circle with center O as given in the question. Now you can see that the chord AB divides the circle into 2 regions ACB and ADB as highlighted in two different colors. The area inside yellow part is called major segment as it is higher in area and the area inside blue part is called minor segment as it is smaller in area.