document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=427376>Question 427376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A chord 24 inches long is 5 inches from the center of a circle. What is the radius of the circle to the nearest tenth of an inch? Please explain how you go the answer because I don't understand this question at all. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Chord and two radius joining the endpoint of chord and center form an isosceles triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the line joining the center and midpoint of chord form a right angle on chord.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "by Pythagoras theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "( half of chord)^2 + (distance between chord and center)^2 = radius^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> (12)^2  + 5^2 = radius^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> radius ^2 = 169\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, radius = 13 inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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