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How you identify radius, diameter, chord, arc, and circumference. If a circle has a radius of 2 centimeters, what is the diameters?

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In order to identify these mentioned terms, it is important that each of them is defined.

Diameter: It is a line that passes through the center of the circle from one endpoint to another. It is two times the radius of the circle

Radius: It is a line drawn from the center of the circle to one endpoint of the circle.

It is half of the diameter.

Chord: It is a line drawn from one endpoint of the circle to another but does not necessarily pass through the center. Diameter is an example of a chord, but a chord does not have to be a diameter

Arc: It is a segment of the circumference of a circle

Circumference: is the total distance around the circle

From the diagram above:

|AB| is a diameter

|OA| or |OB| is the radius

|CD| is the chord

Arc CD is indicated on the diagram

If a circle has a radius of 2 cm:

Diameter = 2 x radius

Diameter = 2 x 2

Diameter = 4 cm

Therefore, if a circle has a radius of 2 cm, the diameter is 4 cm

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