Radii, Chord, Diameter and Circumference of the Circle
State true or...
Question
State true or false.
The longest of all chord of a circle is called a diameter.
A
True
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B
False
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Solution
The correct option is A True A chord is a line segment which joins two points on the circumference of a circle, and the longest chord of a circle is the diameter of the circle since the diameter passes through and contains the center of the circle; The longest distance across a circle is through its center.
here in figure AB is the longest chord that is diameter of a circle.