SOLUTION: The radius of a circle is 34 cm long and a chord of the circle is 60 cm long .how far is the chord from the center of the circle?

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Question 822021: The radius of a circle is 34 cm long and a chord of the circle is 60 cm long .how far is the chord from the center of the circle?
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According to the Pythagorean theorem,






The chord is 16 cm from the center.

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