Math, asked by omkarsawant11229, 2 months ago

Radius of a circle is 5 cm. The length of a chord of the circle is 8 cm. Find the distance of

the chord from the centre.​

Answers

Answered by tiwarisuraj7e1290
2

Answer:

⇒ In figure, PQ is a chord, OP is radius of a circle and OM is distance of chord from center.

⇒ OP=5cm [ Given ]

⇒ PQ=8cm [ Given ]

⇒ OM⊥PQ

⇒ PM=MQ=

2

PQ

=

2

8

=4cm

⇒ OP

2

=OM

2

+PM

2

[ By using Pythagoras theorem ]

⇒ 5

2

=OM

2

+4

2

∴ OM

2

=5

2

−4

2

∴ OM

2

=25−16

∴ OM

2

=9

∴ OM=3cm

Answered by Spacer78
1

Answer:

3

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