Question 1157252
That would mean, half the chord i 15 m  and half the diameter of the circle is 17 m.  If you try to draw this circle, chord, and radii, you can find a right triangle with leg 15 m, and hypotenuse 17 m, and the right angle is opposite the 17 m hypotenuse.  Pythagorean Theorem for finding the other leg, which is distance asked for.


{{{sqrt(17^2-15^2)}}}


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