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A diameter AB of a circle bisects a chord PQ. If AB is parallel to PQ, prove that the chord PQ is also a diameter to the circle.

2007-03-05 23:37:22 · 3 answers · asked by Malfoy vs Potter 5 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

3 answers

I think you mean
"a diameter AB of a circle bisects a chord PQ. If AB is NOT PERPENDICULAR to PQ, prove that the chord PQ is also a diameter to the circle".

In fact, the only case in which a diameter bisecting a chord can be not perpendicular to that cord is when the cord is a diameter too.

To prove that, let R be the intersection point of AB and PQ. One has to prove that R=O, the center of the circle. Then PR=RQ and
ARP=BRQ
APQ=ABQ
as angles. Then the triangles APR and BRQ
are equals. It follows
AR=RB=radius, so R=O
Q.E.D.

2007-03-05 23:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by 11:11 3 · 0 0

I believe there is a contradiction here. AB cannot bisect PQ and also be parallel to it.

2007-03-05 23:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by pjjuster 2 · 0 0

if AB is parallel to PQ it cannot bisect it

2007-03-05 23:44:26 · answer #3 · answered by ganesan 2 · 0 0

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