Question

Consider the following statements and identify which are correct:
i) A secant to a circle can act as a chord.
ii) A chord cannot be a secant to the circle.

• A. i only
• B. ii only
• C. both are correct
• D. both are wrong

Answer 1

The correct option is C both are correct

A chord of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on the circle

where the secant is a line stretching to infinity in both directions.

A chord is a line segment that only covers the part inside the circle.

therefore A secant to a circle can act as a chord.

and chord cannot be a secant to the circle.

option C is the answer.