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Segments and Chords in a Circle

Author
Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Circles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
30 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
Resource Types
Lessons

Segments and Chords in a Circle

Activity Overview

This activity is designed to allow students an opportunity to gain an understanding of the relationship among the segment measures formed by intersecting chords in a circle. It includes an interactive geometry page, some circle problems, and a Euclidean proof.

Before the Activity

See Teacher Notes in Word document. Download the TNS file to student calculators before beginning the activity.

During the Activity

See Student Worksheet and TI-Nspire (.tns) file.

Author
Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Circles
Level
9-12
Activity Time
30 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
Resource Types
Lessons
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