Chord Problems
<p><a href="https://www.prepswift.com/quizzes/quiz/prepswift-chord-problems" target="_blank">Chord Problems Exercise</a></p><p>We briefly touched on <strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Chords </span></strong>in the Circles and Vocabulary mountain entry. To recap...</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">A chord is simply a line that connects two points of a circle's circumference. </p>
<p>That's it. </p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#27ae60;">A Couple of Notes</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>It is spelled "chord," not "cord."</li>
<li>A circle's diameter IS a chord. In fact, it is the longest chord possible.</li>
<li>A chord is always shorter in length than its corresponding arc (see below).</li>
</ul>
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