document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=172885>Question 172885</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the radius of a circle if a 48-meter chord is 7 meters from the center. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a circle and draw the chord horizontally across the bottom of the circle. Draw the segment from the center of the circle to the midpoint of the chord. It is 7 m long by the problem's definition and forms a right triangle with the chord. You now have a right triangle and know the lengths of the two legs. The radius of the circle is the hypotenuse of the triangle. Its length can be calculated from the Pythagorean theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The radius is 25 m.<BR>\n" );
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