Question

b) In a circle with centre O, XY is a chord. OP is drawn perpendicular to XY.
Calculate the length of OP, if radius =13 cm and XY = 24 cm.
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Answer 1

Answer:

it's tooooooooooo much easy yrrrr

use Pythagoras theorem

if xy is 24 then py is equal to 12 oy is equal to 13

oy2 equal to py2 + op2

oy2 - py2 = op2

13 ^2 - 12^2 = op2

169 - 144 = op2

25 = op2

op = 25