Question

A duck swims from the edge of a circular pond to a fountain in the center of the pond. Its path is represented by the dotted line in the diagram below. What term describes the duck's path?

Answer 1

STEP - BY - STEP EXPLANATION

What to find?

The term that describes the duck's path.

Given

Step 1

Observe that that the duck's path subtended from the center to a point on the circumference of the circle.

Step 2

Determine the name for the path.

Any line that subtends from the circle to any point on the circumference is

radius.

ANSWER

Radius.