12 multiple-choice questions, progressively harder.
Chords have orders A,P,BA,P,BA,P,B and C,P,DC,P,DC,P,D. The lengths PA,PBPA,PBPA,PB are x,x+2x,x+2x,x+2, and PC,PDPC,PDPC,PD are 3,83,83,8. Here xxx is a length. Find xxx.
Solution
Correct answer: C
The chord products give
The candidates are 4 and -6. Since x itself is a length, only 4 is valid; the first chord parts are 4 and 6.
A secant has external length xxx and inside chord length 777. A tangent from the same point has length 30\sqrt{30}30. Here xxx is a length. Find xxx.
Correct answer: A
The whole secant length is x+7.
Only the positive candidate 3 is a length. It gives external 3 and whole 10.
Secants have orders P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B and P,C,DP,C,DP,C,D. The lengths PA,AB,PCPA,AB,PCPA,AB,PC are 6,10,86,10,86,10,8. Find CDCDCD.
Correct answer: D
The first whole secant is 16.
A tangent has length 55\sqrt{55}55. A secant from the same external point has external length 555. Find its inside chord length.
Correct answer: B
The tangent square is 55. Divide by the external part to find the whole, then subtract.
A circle has radius 121212 and an interior point at center distance 999. Which pair gives signed power and positive chord-part product?
Power 636363
Product 636363
Power −63-63−63
Product −63-63−63
The signed value is negative.
Inside, the positive product is 63. Each component appears in two options, so both signs must be decided.
A circle has radius 121212. The signed power of external PPP is 818181. Find OPOPOP.
Add radius squared to signed power.
The distance exceeds the radius.
A circle has radius 777 and OPOPOP is 111. A chord through PPP has PAPAPA of 777. Find PBPBPB.
The point is inside. Its positive product is 48, and a part of length 7 is geometrically possible since it lies between 6 and 8, the nearest and farthest circle distances.
A tangent segment has length x+1x+1x+1. A secant from the same external point has external length 222 and whole length 181818. Find the valid parameter xxx.
The tangent square is 36, so its positive length is 6.
The other algebraic candidate, -7, makes the tangent length -6 and is invalid.
An external secant has lengths x+8x+8x+8 to the near endpoint and x+12x+12x+12 to the far endpoint. A tangent from the same point has length 353\sqrt535. Here xxx is a parameter. Find every valid xxx.
The tangent square is 45.
At x=-3 the lengths are 5 and 9, positive and correctly ordered. At x=-17 the lengths are -9 and -5. Only -3 fits.
For two distinct secants with orders P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B and P,C,DP,C,DP,C,D, which ordered similarity matches triangle PADPADPAD?
The angle at P is shared. The angles at D and B intercept arc AC, so D matches B. The remaining match is A to C.
A tangent at TTT and a secant P,A,BP,A,BP,A,B start at external PPP. Which ordered similarity matches triangle PTAPTAPTA?
The common angle matches P to P. The tangent-chord angle at T matches the inscribed angle at B, so T matches B and A matches T.
Point PPP coincides with endpoint AAA on a circle, and a secant has the other endpoint BBB. Which factor makes PA⋅PBPA\cdot PBPA⋅PB zero?
The distance from P to A is zero because they are the same point. B is a distinct circle point, so PB is positive. The zero product is the on-circle boundary.
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