SOLUTION: If the distance from center of a circle to a chord is 5 and the length of chord is 24. Then find the length of perimeter of circle?

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Question 965114: If the distance from center of a circle to a chord is 5 and the length of chord is 24. Then find the length of perimeter of circle?
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If the distance from center of a circle to a chord is 5 and the length of chord is 24. Then find the length of perimeter of circle?
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A (5-12-13) right triangle is formed as follows:
center to chord=5
1/2 of 24 chord=12
center to edge of chord=13 (hypotenuse, also the radius)
length of perimeter of circle= circumference=2π*radius=26π

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