if a radius of a circle is perpendicular to a chord, then it _____ that chord.

a. is equal in length to
b. bisects
c. is congruent to
d. parallels

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answer on apex is b.

If a radius of a circle is perpendicular to a chord, then it _bisects____ that chord.

What is radius of circle?

In classical geometry, a radius of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length. The name comes from the latin radius, meaning ray but also the spoke of a chariot wheel.

What is chord?

A chord of a circle is a straight line segment whose endpoints both lie on a circular arc. The infinite line extension of a chord is a secant line, or just secant. More generally, a chord is a line segment joining two points on any curve, for instance, an ellipse.

According to question, we have to fill in the blank.

The property of the circle is that if a radius of a circle is perpendicular to a chord, then it  bisects that chord.

Hence we can conclude that Option(B) is correct.

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