SOLUTION: A circle has radii of length 12 inches. Find the distance from the center of the circle to a chord length of 14 inches.
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Question 192239: A circle has radii of length 12 inches. Find the distance from the center of the circle to a chord length of 14 inches.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use pythagorean theorem
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where hypothenuse is length of the radius
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one leg is 1/2 of the length of the chord
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and the other leg(lets call a) is our unknown (distance from center of circle to chord
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=9.75 inches
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