Question

AB is a chord of a circle. AB divides the circumference of the circle into ____ arcs and the arc with longer length is called ____ and the arc with shorter length is called_____.

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

Answer 1

The correct option is A

2, major arc, minor arc

Now 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 parts ACB and ADB as highlighted in two different colors. The purple part is called major arc as it is longer in length and the red part is called minor arc as it is shorter in length.