SOLUTION: A diameter of a cirle is 32 yards long.A chord is 11 yards from the center. How long is the cord?
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Question 74091: A diameter of a cirle is 32 yards long.A chord is 11 yards from the center. How long is the cord?
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this problem is a triangle withe the hypotenuse (1/2 diameter=16) and one side =11. thus we have a right triangle
a^2+11^2=16^2
a^2=256-121
a^2=135
a=11.62 for the third side which is 1/2 of the length of the cord.
thus the length of the cord is 2*11.62=23.24 yards.
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