document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=595054>Question 595054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A chord is 5cm from the vented of a circle with a radius of 13 cm. What is the length of the chord </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A chord is 5cm from the center of a circle with a radius of 13 cm.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the length of the chord<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you draw this out, you can see that two right triangles are formed with one side being half the chord, the other 5 cm, the radius is the hypotenuse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + b^2 = c^2, where:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 5 cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = half the chord<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 13<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5^2 + b^2 = 13^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2 = 169 - 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2 = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%28144%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%28144%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 12 cm is half the chord<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Chord = 24 cm </SPAN>\n" );
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