Question

If the blue radius below is perpendicular to the green chord and the segment AB is 6.5 units long, what is the length of the chord?

A. 13 units

B. 6.5 units

C. 3.25 units

D. 26 units

Answer 1

If the radius is perpendicular to a chord, the length of the chord is 13 units (option A).

Explanation:

AB=6.5 units

When a radius is perpendicular to a chord divides it into to equal parts, then:

AB=BC=6.5 units

Chord: AC=AB+BC

Chord: AC=6.5 units+6.5 units

Chord: AC=13 units

Answer 2

if the blue radius below is perpendicular to the green chord and the segment AB is 6.5 units long what is the length of the chord? the correct answer is:

13 units