document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=393287>Question 393287</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a circle has a diameter of nine inches and a chord that is five inches long, what is the distance from the chord to the center of the circle, to the nearest hundreth of an inch. There was not a picture in the textbook that went along with this problem. Is there a formula to solve this? If so, what is it? Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #279154 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=279154\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> picture two radii of the circle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one drawn through the center of the chord<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the other, drawn to the end of the chord\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the one through the center of the chord is a perpendicular bisector of the chord\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a right triangle is formed by half the chord, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the portion of the radius to the center of the chord (this is the distance from chord to center), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the radius to the end of the chord (this is the hypotenuse)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "by Pythagoras ___ (5/2)^2 + x^2 = (9/2)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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