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Is the following statement true or false:

Every diameter of a circle is a chord.
Justify your answer using what you know about diameters and chords.

User Yassar
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True, Every diameter is a chord

but not every chord is a diameter

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User Metlira
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True because a chord is a line connecting any two points of a circle. A diameter connects two points in a circle, and it is the longest chord.
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