Asked by Mark

Celestina constructed a circle with center
and radius
. She then constructed chord
to beperpendicular to radius
at point
. She measured segment
to be 8 inches. Identify the lengthof segment
.
(1 point)
C DC AB
DC E AE
BE
Segment
is 4 inches.
B
E
Segment
is 8 inches.
B
E
Segment
is 16 inches.
B
E
Segment
is 32 inches

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
BE = 8 inches.

Reason: A radius perpendicular to a chord bisects the chord, so E is the midpoint of chord AB. Since AE = 8, BE = 8.