Two circles intersect at P and Q. The diameter of one circle is PR. Copy, or trace, this diagram into your answer booklet. (i) Draw a straight line through P, parallel to QR to meet the other circle at S. Prove that QS is a diameter of the second circle. (ii) Prove that the circles have equal radii if QS is parallel to PR.
i) Draw PQ ∠PQR=90° the angle at the circumeference substended by a diameter equals 90° ∠SPQ=∠PQR alternate angles are equal, SP∥QR =90° ∴SQ is a diameter (a right angle at the circumeference substends a diameter) ii) If QS∥SR then PQRS is a parallelogram (both pairs of opposite sides are parallel) ∴PR=QS (opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal) ∴ Both circles have equal diameters and hence equal radii)
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