[color=#000000]Once you slide the slider in the applet below, you'll immediately notice a chord drawn and a[/color] [b][color=#6d9eeb]diameter drawn to this chord. [/color][/b][br][br][color=#000000]Interact with this applet for a few minutes, then answer the questions that follow. As always, be sure to change the locations of the BIG POINTS at any time before re-sliding the slider. [/color]

[color=#980000][b]Questions:[/b][/color][br][br][color=#000000]Notice how this [/color][color=#3d85c6]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]intersects this chord at a right angle. [i]That is, this[/i][/color][i] [color=#3c78d8]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]was drawn so that it's perpendicular to the chord. [/color][/i][br][br][color=#000000]1) If a[/color] [color=#3d85c6]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]intersects a chord in the manner you've described in your response to (2) above, what does this[/color] [color=#3d85c6]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]do to this chord? How was this evidenced in the applet above? [br][/color][br][color=#000000]2) If a[/color] [color=#3d85c6]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]intersects a chord in the manner you've described in your response to (2) above, what does this[/color] [color=#3d85c6]diameter[/color] [color=#000000]do to[/color] [b][color=#000000]the entire arc[/color][/b] [color=#000000]this chord intercepts? How was this evidenced in the applet above? [/color]