Secant line Secant line In geometry, a secant of a curve is a line that intersects the curve in at least two (distinct) points. The word "secant" comes from the Latin word "secare", meaning "to cut". In the case of a circle, a secant will intersect the circle in exactly two points and a chord is the line segment determined by these two points, that is the interval on a secant whose endpoints are these points. A straight line can intersect a circle in two, one or zero points. A line intersecting in two points is called a "secant line", in one
Dividing a circle into areas Dividing a circle into areas In geometry, the problem of dividing a circle into areas by means of an inscribed polygon with "n" sides, in such a way as to "maximise" the number of areas created by the edges and diagonals, has a solution by an inductive method. If we already have "n" points on the circle and add one more point, we draw "n" lines from the new point to previously existing points. Two cases are possible. In the first case (a), the new line passes through a point where two or more old lines (between previously existing points)