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Which of the segments below is a secant?

Which of the segments below is a secant?-example-1
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Answer:

xy

Explanation:

User Waseem Sarwar
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The secant of a circle is any line that intersects two points on the circumference of the circle.

In the given circle, the lines EF and XY intersects two points on the circumference of the circle and hence are secants of the circle.

From the answer options given, the secant line is line XY.
User Priyesh Solanki
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