Are all chords secants in a circle?

Answer :

We know

secant  : A secant is a line that intersects a circle at two points.  , As :


Here AB  is a secant of out circle .


And

chord  : chord is basically any line segment starting one one side of a circle, like point P in the figure , and ending on another side of the circle, like point Q. Points P and Q are the endpoints of chord PQ.


So we can say part of secant can be a chord of circle but not All scents ae chords in a circle . 

But all chords are secants of circle ( Ans )

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