document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=292754>Question 292754</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a chord 10 inches long is 5 inches from the center of a circle. How far from the center is a chord 14 inches long? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " How far from the center is a chord 14 inches long?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find r:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r is the hypotenuse of a triangle where both legs are 5\" long (half the 10\" chord)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r^2 = 5^2 + 5^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r^2 = 50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the distance x from the center to the 14\" chord<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 7^2 + x^2 = r^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "49 + x^2 = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 40 - 49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1\" distance from the center to the 14\" chord </SPAN>\n" );
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