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Segment Products and Power of a Point: Practice

12 multiple-choice questions, progressively harder.

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  1. 1

    Chords have orders A,P,BA,P,B and C,P,DC,P,D. The lengths PA,PBPA,PB are x,x+2x,x+2, and PC,PDPC,PD are 3,83,8. Here xx is a length. Find xx.

    Chords have orders A, P, B and C, P, D inside one circle.Chords have orders A, P, B and C, P, D inside one circle. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.ABCDPSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  2. 2

    A secant has external length xx and inside chord length 77. A tangent from the same point has length 30\sqrt{30}. Here xx is a length. Find xx.

    PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B.PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABTSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  3. 3

    Secants have orders P,A,BP,A,B and P,C,DP,C,D. The lengths PA,AB,PCPA,AB,PC are 6,10,86,10,8. Find CDCD.

    Two secants have orders P, A, B and P, C, D.Two secants have orders P, A, B and P, C, D. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABCDSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  4. 4

    A tangent has length 55\sqrt{55}. A secant from the same external point has external length 55. Find its inside chord length.

    PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B.PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABTSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  5. 5

    A circle has radius 1212 and an interior point at center distance 99. Which pair gives signed power and positive chord-part product?

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    A circle has radius 1212. The signed power of external PP is 8181. Find OPOP.

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  7. 7

    A circle has radius 77 and OPOP is 11. A chord through PP has PAPA of 77. Find PBPB.

    Chords have orders A, P, B and C, P, D inside one circle.Chords have orders A, P, B and C, P, D inside one circle. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.ABCDPSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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    A tangent segment has length x+1x+1. A secant from the same external point has external length 22 and whole length 1818. Find the valid parameter xx.

    PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B.PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABTSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  9. 9

    An external secant has lengths x+8x+8 to the near endpoint and x+12x+12 to the far endpoint. A tangent from the same point has length 353\sqrt5. Here xx is a parameter. Find every valid xx.

    PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B.PT is tangent at its actual contact T. The secant has order P, A, B. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABTSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  10. 10

    For two distinct secants with orders P,A,BP,A,B and P,C,DP,C,D, which ordered similarity matches triangle PADPAD?

    Two secants from P meet one circle in orders P, A, B and P, C, D. Auxiliary chords AD and CB are drawn.Two secants from P meet one circle in orders P, A, B and P, C, D. Auxiliary chords AD and CB are drawn. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABCDSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  11. 11

    A tangent at TT and a secant P,A,BP,A,B start at external PP. Which ordered similarity matches triangle PTAPTA?

    Segment PT is tangent to the circle at T. The secant has order P, A, B. Auxiliary chords TA and TB are drawn.Segment PT is tangent to the circle at T. The secant has order P, A, B. Auxiliary chords TA and TB are drawn. This schematic preserves incidence and endpoint order. Use the lengths in the statement, not the proportions drawn.PABTSchematic; use the stated lengths.
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  12. 12

    Point PP coincides with endpoint AA on a circle, and a secant has the other endpoint BB. Which factor makes PA⋅PBPA\cdot PB zero?

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