In Euclidean geometry, the intersecting chords theorem, or just the chord theorem, is a statement that describes a relation of the four line segments created...
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Power of a point (redirect from Theorem of intersecting chords)
Point Theorem at cut-the-knot Pythagorean Theorem (Proof #22) at cut-the-knot Intersecting Chords Theorem at cut-the-knot Intersecting Chords Theorem With...
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geometry, the intersecting secants theorem or just secant theorem describes the relation of line segments created by two intersecting secants and the...
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other chords AB and CD are drawn; AD and BC intersect chord PQ at X and Y correspondingly. Then M is the midpoint of XY. A formal proof of the theorem is...
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tangent-secant theorem can be proven using similar triangles (see graphic). Like the intersecting chords theorem and the intersecting secants theorem, the tangent-secant...
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triangle. The theorem can also be thought of as a special case of the intersecting chords theorem for a circle, since the converse of Thales' theorem ensures...
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of the diameter, with length 2r − H. Applying the intersecting chords theorem to these two chords produces H ( 2 r − H ) = ( W 2 ) 2 , {\displaystyle...
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CD}}\end{aligned}}} Casey's theorem Intersecting chords theorem Greek mathematics C. Ptolemy, Almagest, Book 1, Chapter 10. Wilson, Jim. "Ptolemy's Theorem." link verified...
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Inscribed angle (redirect from Inscribed angle theorem)
inscribed angle is the angle formed in the interior of a circle when two chords intersect on the circle. It can also be defined as the angle subtended at a point...
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Parabola (redirect from Lambert's Theorem)
{\mathrm {CM} }}=2r} (PMCK is a parallelogram). Using the intersecting chords theorem on the chords BC and DE, we get B M ¯ ⋅ C M ¯ = D M ¯ ⋅ E M ¯ . {\displaystyle...
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In geometry, Apollonius's theorem is a theorem relating the length of a median of a triangle to the lengths of its sides. It states that the sum of the...
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Cyclic quadrilateral (section Ptolemy's theorem)
known as the intersecting chords theorem since the diagonals of the cyclic quadrilateral are chords of the circumcircle. Ptolemy's theorem expresses the...
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angle theorem (geometry) Intercept theorem (Euclidean geometry) Intersecting chords theorem (Euclidean geometry) Intersecting secants theorem (Euclidean...
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the later tradition of Alexandria. In the Elements, Euclid deduced the theorems from a small set of axioms. He also wrote works on perspective, conic sections...
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theorem Intersecting chords theorem Intersecting secants theorem Law of cosines Pons asinorum Pythagorean theorem Tangent-secant theorem Thales's theorem Theorem...
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Beltrami-Klein model are two non-intersecting chords. But they actually intersect outside the circle. The polar of the intersecting point is the desired common...
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the circular arc on the boundary. Scale of chords Ptolemy's table of chords Holditch's theorem, for a chord rotating in a convex closed curve Circle graph...
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Circle (redirect from Secant-secant theorem)
at A and if AQ is a chord of the circle, then ∠DAQ = 1/2arc(AQ). The chord theorem states that if two chords, CD and EB, intersect at A, then AC × AD...
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any two perpendicular chords intersecting at a given point is the same as that of any other two perpendicular chords intersecting at the same point, and...
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geometry, the midpoint theorem describes a property of parallel chords in a conic. It states that the midpoints of parallel chords in a conic are located...
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The constant chord theorem is a statement in elementary geometry about a property of certain chords in two intersecting circles. The circles k 1 {\displaystyle...
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proven to be impossible, as a consequence of the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem, which proves that pi ( π {\displaystyle \pi } ) is a transcendental number...
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lines instead of chords can help to unify statements. As an example of this consider the result: If two secant lines contain chords AB and CD in a circle...
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Greek mathematics is obscure, and traditional narratives of mathematical theorems found before the fifth century BC are regarded as later inventions. It...
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Dividing a circle into areas (redirect from Circle division by chords)
Every chord that is cut by another (i.e., chords not in group 1) must contain two group 3 edges, its beginning and ending chordal segments. As chords are...
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astronomy as modeled by the celestial sphere. Primarily consisting of theorems which were known at least informally a couple centuries earlier, the Spherics...
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examination paper. A variant of this theorem states that if one draws line F J {\displaystyle FJ} in such a way that it intersects c P {\displaystyle c_{P}} for...
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theorem Intersecting chords theorem Intersecting secants theorem Law of cosines Pons asinorum Pythagorean theorem Tangent-secant theorem Thales's theorem Theorem...
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In geometry, Descartes' theorem states that for every four kissing, or mutually tangent circles, the radii of the circles satisfy a certain quadratic...
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angles, respectively. Theorems on the lengths of chords are applications of the law of sines. And Archimedes' theorem on broken chords is equivalent to formulas...
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