document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=994568>Question 994568</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a chord is 6 cm long. it is 15 cm from the centre of a circle. What is the radius of the circle. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #613612 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=613612\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine and draw a circle with center at the origin of cartesian system.  y-axis makes a perpendicular bisector with a chord, and each part of the chord is 3 cm. in length.  Two points on this circle are  (-3,15) and (3,15).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question asks for the radius of the circle.  How far is  either of the specified  (or found) points from the origina?  That is the radius.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the Distance Formula. </SPAN>\n" );
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