Homework Help: math

Posted by sarah on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 10:44am.

consider the following statement: if a circle with its center at the origin has a chord with slope m, the equation of the right bisector of the chord is y=mx. Is this statement true or false? explain

math - Steve, Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 12:46pm
false.

consider a horizontal chord, with slope=0

the right bisector is vertical, with undefined slope, not y=0x

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