12 multiple-choice questions, progressively harder.
Chords have orders A,P,BA,P,BA,P,B and C,P,DC,P,DC,P,D in one circle. Which product equality follows?
Solution
Correct answer: B
Pair the two parts on the same chord. The inside chord rule gives
Chords AB,CDAB,CDAB,CD meet at interior PPP. The lengths PA,PB,PCPA,PB,PCPA,PB,PC are 6,7,36,7,36,7,3. Find PDPDPD.
Correct answer: D
The two parts of each chord have equal products.
On a secant in order P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B, external length PAPAPA is 555 and inside chord ABABAB is 888. Find the whole PBPBPB.
Correct answer: A
Point A lies between P and B, so add the consecutive parts.
Two secants have orders P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B and P,C,DP,C,DP,C,D. The lengths PA,PB,PCPA,PB,PCPA,PB,PC are 3,16,43,16,43,16,4. Find PDPDPD.
Correct answer: C
Use external times whole on each secant.
A tangent segment PTPTPT and secant P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B come from the same external point. The external and whole secant lengths are 4,94,94,9. Find PTPTPT.
The tangent square is the secant product.
Choose the positive length.
A circle has radius 777 and OPOPOP is 333. Find the signed power of PPP.
Signed power is center distance squared minus radius squared.
A circle has radius 888 and OPOPOP is 101010. Find the signed power of PPP.
The point is outside. Subtract the squared radius.
A point PPP lies on a positive-radius circle. Which statement is correct?
At a circle point, center distance equals radius, so signed power is zero. There is one tangent line at P. It does not connect P to a different contact point.
An interior point has signed power −18-18−18. What is the positive product of the two parts of any chord through it?
Inside the circle the positive chord product is the negative of signed power.
A secant from external PPP has external length 555 and inside chord length 777. What is the square of a tangent segment from PPP?
The whole length is 12. Multiply external by whole.
For general intersecting chords in orders A,P,BA,P,BA,P,B and C,P,DC,P,DC,P,D, which ordered similarity matches triangle APCAPCAPC?
The match is A to D, P to P, and C to B. Vertical angles match P to P, and the angles at A and D intercept arc BC. Therefore
A strict external point has signed power 494949. Find a tangent segment length from that point.
The tangent length squared equals power.
The positive root is the length.
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