document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1135825>Question 1135825</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Calculate the area of the major segment of a circle of radius 10cm cut off by a chord of length 12cm </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw the radii to the two ends of the chord, and draw the radius that is perpendicular to the chord.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The radius perpendicular to the chord bisects the chord.  Your picture now has two right triangles with hypotenuse 10 and one leg 6; the other leg (distance from center of circle to chord) is then 8.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use those right triangles to determine the central angle corresponding to the chord; the central angle of the major segment of the circle is 360 degrees minus that angle.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the area of the whole circle by the fraction of 360 degrees represented by the central angle of the major segment of the circle. </SPAN>\n" );
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