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OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):
a chord 24 inches long is 5 inches from the center of a circle, as shown below. What is the radius of the circle, to the nearest tenth of an inch? (DIAGRAM DRAWN BELOW)
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OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):
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OpenStudy (iwanttogotostanford):
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zepdrix (zepdrix):
I assume they mean 5 inches perpendicular to the center or something like that. We need to know that those lines form a right angle. Anyway, this is just a simple application of the `Pythagorean Theorem` :)
zepdrix (zepdrix):
|dw:1444182853766:dw|If the chord is length 24, what is this missing side length of the triangle?
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