document.write( "Question 403639: in a circle, a chord 14 units long is drawn 3 units from the center of the origin. what is the length of the radius to the nearest 10th \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #285376 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! in a circle, a chord 14 units long is drawn 3 units from the center of the origin. \n" ); document.write( " what is the length of the radius to the nearest 10th \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "If you draw this out, you can see that the chord, two radii from the ends of the \n" ); document.write( " chord and line from the midpoint of chord to the center, form two right angle \n" ); document.write( " triangles, the radii are the hypotenuses \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "r^2 = 7^2 + 3^2 \n" ); document.write( "r^2 = 49 + 9 \n" ); document.write( "r = \n" ); document.write( "r = 7.6 units \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |