Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 6 - Section 6.4 - Some Constructions and Inequalities for the Circle - Exercises - Page 302: 23b

Answer

AB$\gt$BC

Work Step by Step

The length of a chord corresponds to the length of the minor arc whose endpoints it connects. Since arc AB is larger than arc BC, chord AB must be larger than chord BC.
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