Let a line meet a circle at A and B. This line is rotated about point A in clockwise direction such that B always remains on the circumference of the circle until point B coincides with A. What is the resulting line called?

Secant

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Chord

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Tangent

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Solution

The correct option is C
Tangent

When B coincides with A, then the line looks as below.

That is, the line touches the circle at only one point, which forms a tangent.

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Let a line meet a circle at A and B. This line is rotated about point A in clockwise direction such that B always remains on the circumference of the circle until point B coincides with A. What is the resulting line called?

The correct option is C Tangent When B coincides with A, then the line looks as below. That is, the line touches the circle at only one point, which forms a tangent.

The correct option is C
Tangent

When B coincides with A, then the line looks as below.

That is, the line touches the circle at only one point, which forms a tangent.