If a diameter can be a chord, then can a chord be a diameter?
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Baloo55th
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Baloo55th 22 year member
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A diameter is a special case of the chord. A diameter IS a chord in that it is a line intersecting the circumference of a circle, but it is the one that bisects the circle. No other chord does this, other chords dividing the circle into unequal parts.
Apr 04 2007, 2:57 PM
spartan11558
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spartan11558
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But its characteristicts still technically make it a chord
Apr 04 2007, 3:05 PM
BG07
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A diameter is a chord, but not all chords are diameters because chords are defined as ANY line from a point on a circle to another point on the circle. So a diamater can be a chord and a chord can be a diameter, but not always.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diameter