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Warm Up
Lesson Presentation
Lesson Quiz

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Warm Up
Solve for x.

1. 4

2. 3x = 122 48

3. BC and DC are tangent

to A. Find BC.
14

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Objectives
Find the lengths of segments formed by
lines that intersect circles.
Use the lengths of segments in circles
to solve problems.

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Vocabulary
secant segment
external secant segment
tangent segment

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In 1901, divers near the Greek island of

Antikythera discovered several fragments
of ancient items. Using the mathematics of
circles, scientists were able to calculate the
diameters of the complete disks.

The following theorem describes the

relationship among the four segments that
are formed when two chords intersect in
the interior of a circle.

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Example 1: Applying the Chord-Chord Product
Theorem

Find the value of x and the length of each chord.

EJ  JF = GJ  JH
10(7) = 14(x)
70 = 14x
5=x
J
EF = 10 + 7 = 17
GH = 14 + 5 = 19

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Check It Out! Example 1

Find the value of x and the length of each chord.

DE  EC = AE  EB
8(x) = 6(5)
8x = 30
x = 3.75
AB = 6 + 5 = 11
CD = 3.75 + 8 = 11.75

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Example 2: Art Application

The art department is

contracted to construct a
wooden moon for a play. One
of the artists creates a
sketch of what it needs to
look like by drawing a chord
and its perpendicular
bisector. Find the diameter
of the circle used to draw the
outer edge of the moon.

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Example 2 Continued

8  (d – 8) = 9  9
8d – 64 = 81
8d = 145

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Check It Out! Example 2

What if…? Suppose the length of chord AB

that the archeologists drew was 12 in. In this
case how much longer is the disk’s diameter
compared to the disk on p. 793?
AQ  QB = PQ  QR
6(6) = 3(QR)
6 in.
12 = QR
12 + 3 = 15 = PR

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A secant segment is a segment of a secant with at

least one endpoint on the circle. An external secant
segment is a secant segment that lies in the exterior
of the circle with one endpoint on the circle.

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Example 3: Applying the Secant-Secant Product
Theorem

Find the value of x and the length of each

secant segment.

16(7) = (8 + x)8
112 = 64 + 8x
48 = 8x
6=x

ED = 7 + 9 = 16
EG = 8 + 6 = 14

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Check It Out! Example 3

Find the value of z and the length of each

secant segment.

39(9) = (13 + z)13

351 = 169 + 13z
182 = 13z
14 = z

LG = 30 + 9 = 39
JG = 14 + 13 = 27

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A tangent segment is a segment of a tangent

with one endpoint on the circle. AB and AC are
tangent segments.

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Example 4: Applying the Secant-Tangent Product
Theorem

Find the value of x.

ML  JL = KL2
20(5) = x2
100 = x2
±10 = x

The value of x must be 10 since it represents a

length.

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Check It Out! Example 4

Find the value of y.

DE  DF = DG2
7(7 + y) = 102
49 + 7y = 100
7y = 51

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Lesson Quiz: Part I

1. Find the value of d and the

length of each chord.

d=9
ZV = 17
WY = 18
2. Find the diameter of the plate.

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Lesson Quiz: Part II

3. Find the value of x and the

length of each secant segment.
x = 10
QP = 8
QR = 12

4. Find the value of a.

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