document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325100>Question 325100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two parallel chords each have length 12, and the distance between them is 8. What is the radius of the circle. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #232810 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=232810\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the chords are 12cm apart.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A perpendicular drawn from the center to the chord bisects the chord and the centre is equidistant from  both the chords. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "perpendicular distance from chord to centre = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "half the chord = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The perpendicualr distance , half the chord and radius form a right triangle. with radius as the chord.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6^2+4^2= radius ^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36+16=radius^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt52=radius </SPAN>\n" );
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