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Chapter 9: Q4. (page 330)

Why TK¯ is not a chord of ⊙o.

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TK¯is not a chord.

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01

Step 1. Given information. 

Figure is given.

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Step 2. Concept used.

Chord : Any segment whose real end points lie on the circle is called chord of the circle.

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Step 3. Solution.

Now, it can be observed that TK¯is a segment whose one end point T lie on the circle but the other end point K does not lie on the circle, in fact it lie in the interior of the circle.

Therefore, by above definition, TK¯ is not a chord.

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