document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288169>Question 288169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a diameter of a circle does not bisect a chord, is it perpendicular to the chord? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "By a theorem we know that a diameter perpendicular to a chord is a bisector of the chord. The \"contrapositive\" of this statement is that if a diameter does not bisect the chord then it is not perpenducular to the chord. </SPAN>\n" );
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