Question

A segment from the center of a sphere to a point on the sphere is called a

radius

diameter

chord

tangent

Answer 1

what do you call that?

Answer 2

The radius?

Answer 3

correct

Answer 4

Thank you!(:

Answer 5

man i thought it was chord

Answer 6

I thought it was either the radius or chord.. lol

Answer 7

if you wanna know..

radius = line from center to a point on the sphere/circle
diameter - line from one point on the sphere/circle to another and passing through the center
chord - line from one point on the sphere/circle to another
tangent - line that passes through only one point on the circle/sphere

Answer 8

Oooh okay thank you so much!

Answer 9

so why would it not be chord?

Answer 10

@petewe because the line starts from the center

the chord starts from one point on the circle to the other