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Advanced Level
LESSON 19

Chords in circles
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Question 1

APB and CPD are chords of a circle.

AP = 6 cm, PB = 6.5 cm, CP = 8 cm, PD = 𝑥 cm

Work out the value of 𝑥.

𝑥 = .......................... cm

(2 marks)

Question 2
AEC and DEB are chords of a circle.

AE = 4 cm.
CE = 9 cm.
DE = BE = 𝑥 cm.

Calculate the value of 𝑥.

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𝑥 = .......................... cm

(2 marks)

Question 3

The points 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝑌 and 𝑋lie on a circle.𝐴𝑋𝑌 and 𝐴𝐵𝐶 are straight lines.𝐴𝑋 = 12 cm
𝑋𝑌 = 𝑥 cm 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑥 cm 𝐵𝐶 = 4 cm

Show that 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 where 𝑎 is a constant to be found.

..........................

(3 marks)

Question 4

A, B, C and D are four points on a circle.

ABX and DCX are straight lines.
AB = 7 cm, BX = 5 cm and CX = 6 cm.
Angle BXC = 28°
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Calculate the length of DC.

.......................... cm

(3 marks)

Question 5

AB is a diameter of a circle.
CD is a chord of the circle.
AB and CD intersect at E.
BE = 4 cm, CE = 16 cm and DE = 5 cm.

Calculate the length of AE.

.......................... cm

(2 marks)
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Question 6
P, R, Q and S are four points on a circle.

RXS is a diameter of the circle.

PXQ is a chord of the circle.

PX = 4 cm, XQ = 12 cm, SX = 3 cm.

Work out the radius of the circle.

.......................... cm

(3 marks)

Question 7

P, Q, R and S are points on a circle, centre O.

QS is a diameter of the circle.
QS and PR intersect at the point T.
OS = 5 cm, QT = 3 cm and TR = 6 cm.
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Work out the length of PT.

.......................... cm

(2 marks)

Question 8

𝐴, 𝐷, 𝐵 and 𝐸 are points on a circle, centre 𝑂.𝐴𝐹𝐵𝐶, 𝑂𝐸𝐶 and 𝑂𝐹𝐷 are straight lines.

𝐴𝐹 = 7 cm, 𝐹𝐵 = 4 cm, 𝐵𝐶 = 5 cm, 𝐹𝐷 = 2 cm and 𝐶𝐸 = 𝑥 cm.

Work out the value of 𝑥.

𝑥 = .......................... cm

(6 marks)
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Question 9

AB is a diameter of a circle.
CD is a chord of the circle.
AB and CD intersect at E.
BE = 4 cm, CE = 16 cm and DE = 5 cm.

It can be shown that AE = 20 cm and that the radius is 12 cm.

Calculate the size of angle AED.

Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

.......................... °

(4 marks)

Question 10
The line segments 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 and 𝑊𝑋𝑌𝑆 intersect circle 𝐶1 at points 𝑃, 𝑄, 𝑊 and 𝑋.
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The line segments intersect circle 𝐶2 at points 𝑄, 𝑅, 𝑋 and 𝑌. The lengths 𝑄𝑅, 𝑅𝑆 and 𝑋𝑌 are 7,
9 and 18 respectively. The length 𝑊𝑋 is six times the length 𝑌𝑆.

What is the sum of the lengths of 𝑃𝑆 and 𝑊𝑆?

..........................

Question 11

The points 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝑌 and 𝑋lie on a circle.𝐴𝑋𝑌 and 𝐴𝐵𝐶 are straight lines.𝐴𝑋 = 12 cm
𝑋𝑌 = 𝑥 cm 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑥 cm 𝐵𝐶 = 4 cm

It can be shown that 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 − 144 = 0

Find the length of 𝐴𝐶 .

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures
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.......................... cm

(4 marks)

Question 12
PTR and QTS are chords of a circle.

PT = 3 cm.
ST = 10 cm.
RT = 15 cm.
QT = 𝑥 cm.

Calculate the value of 𝑥.

𝑥 = ..........................

(2 marks)
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Question 13

AB is a diameter of a circle.
CD is a chord of the circle.
AB and CD intersect at E.
BE = 4 cm, CE = 16 cm and DE = 5 cm.

It can be shown that AE = 20 cm.

Find the radius of the circle.

.......................... cm

(1 mark)
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Question 14

𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 are points on a circle.

𝑃𝐴𝐵 and 𝑃𝐷𝐶 are straight lines.𝑃𝐴 = 10 cm, 𝑃𝐷 = 8 cm and 𝐷𝐶 = 7 cm.

Calculate the length of 𝐴𝐵.

𝐴𝐵 = .......................... cm

(3 marks)

Question 15
𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 are points on the circumference of a circle centre 𝑂.

Angle 𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 130°

Angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 105°

Angle 𝑂𝐵𝐶 = Angle 𝑂𝐷𝐶

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Work out the size of angle 𝐴𝐷𝑂 marked 𝑥 on the diagram.

..........................

(4 marks)

Question 16

𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐷 are points on the circumference of a circle centre 𝑂.𝐸𝐷𝐶 is a tangent to the
circle.
Angle 𝐵𝐷𝐶 = 57°.

Find the size of angle 𝐴𝑂𝐵.

°
∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = ..........................

(4 marks)
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Question 17

𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷are points on a circle.𝐸𝐷𝐹 is the tangent to the circle at 𝐷.

Angle 𝐴𝐷𝐸 = 54° Angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 114°

Work out the size of angle 𝐶𝐴𝐷.

°
∠𝐶𝐴𝐷 = ..........................

(4 marks)

Question 18

𝑃, 𝑄 and 𝑇 are points on the circumference of a circle, centre 𝑂.

The line 𝐴𝑇𝐵 is the tangent at 𝑇 to the circle.

𝑃𝑄 = 𝑇𝑄. Angle 𝐴𝑇𝑃 = 58° .

Calculate the size of angle 𝑂𝑇𝑄.

°
∠𝑂𝑇𝑄 = ..........................

(5 marks)
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Question 19

A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

Angle AOC = 𝑦.

Find the size of angle ABC in terms of 𝑦.

Angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = ..........................

(4 marks)

Question 20
The diagram shows a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD.

ADE is a straight line.

CE is a tangent to the circle.
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Work out the size of angle 𝑥.

°
𝑥 = ..........................

(3 marks)

Question 21
ABP and ADQ are tangents to the circle, centre O.
C lies on the circumference of the circle.

Express 𝑦 in terms of 𝑥.
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𝑦 = ..........................

(6 marks)

Question 22
R, S and T are on the circumference of a circle, centre O.

Work out the value of 𝑥.

°
𝑥 = ..........................

(3 marks)

Question 23
ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.
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Work out the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦.

°
𝑥 = ..........................
°
𝑦 = ..........................

(5 marks)

Question 24
𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 are points on the circumference of a circle, centre 𝑂.

Angle 𝐶𝐴𝐷 = 28 and 𝐶𝐷 = 6.4cm.𝐵𝐷 is a diameter of the circle.

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Calculate the area of the circle.

.......................... cm 2

(5 marks)

Question 25

The diagram shows two circles with a point of intersection at 𝐴.

The centre of the larger circle is 𝐵. The radius of this circle is 6cm.𝐵𝐶 is a diameter of the
smaller circle. The radius of this circle is 5cm.

What is the length of 𝐴𝐶?

𝐴𝐶 = .......................... cm