Question

in a circle of radius 17cm.find the distance of a chord of length 16 cm from the centre.


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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let the distance from the centre be

X

by pythogorus theorem

17power 2 =8 power 2 + X power 2

289=66-x power2

289-66=X power 2

X =√223

X=14.933184523068