Which of the following is a secant?
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Which of the following is a secant?
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campbell_st · Answer

the secant is a chord that extends beyond the circle 

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anonymous · Answer

so gh

campbell_st · Answer

I haven't seen the diagram... I was just giving an simple explanation

larseighner · Answer

Yes, gh is a secant and an unnamed part of ef is too. But do not confuse this use of the word "secant" with the trig function secant (sec).

agent0smith · Answer

http://www.bfoit.org/itp/psu/image158.gif isn't GH just a chord? EF is a secant.

larseighner · Answer

It intersects the curve (in this case the circle) in two points.  That makes it a secant by my lights. The segment is also a chord because it lies wholly in/on the circle. All chords are secants, some chords are diameters, is the way I see it.