document.write( "Question 939970: A piece of a broken wheel is shown. It was taken to a machine shop to be replaced with a new “whole” wheel. Find the radius of the wheel if AC = 10 cm, BD = 3 cm, and D is the midpoint of AC. Round to the nearest hundredth.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #572877 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! let r=radius\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " You now have a right triangle with legs of (r-3) and 5 and hypotenuse=r \n" ); document.write( " 5^2+(r-3)^2=r^2 \n" ); document.write( " 25+r^2-6r+9=r^2 \n" ); document.write( " 6r=34 \n" ); document.write( " r=5.67 cm \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |