The longest chord of a circle is which of the following?

radius

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arc

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diameter

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none of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C diameter
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

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