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A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.
A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.
{{
asy image|<asy>
draw(unitcircle,blue);
draw((-0.4,-0.92)--(0.8,0.6),red);
dot((0.8,0.6));
dot((-0.4,-0.92));
</asy>|right|A circle with a secant line.
}}

Revision as of 18:32, 1 March 2013

A secant line is a line intersecting a circle at two points.

[asy]  draw(unitcircle,blue); draw((-0.4,-0.92)--(0.8,0.6),red); dot((0.8,0.6)); dot((-0.4,-0.92));  [/asy]

A circle with a secant line.