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Classes
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Grade 6
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Shapes and symmetry
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Circles and polygons
Circles and polygons
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๐ฌ Guided Practice
โ๏ธ Practice
Concept 1 of 3 ยท no score ๐
Chord or tangent?
A chord meets the circle twice ยท a tangent only once
radius
tangent
touches at ONE point
chord
edge to edge โ TWO points
radius
centre to edge ยท diameter = 2 ร radius
circumference = all the way round
A chord through the centre is the
diameter
โ the longest chord.
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A CHORD starts and finishes on the circumference โ it meets the circle TWICE.
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