what is the distance between the chords in a circle of radius 5cm there are two parallel chords of length 6cm and 6cm
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8
Step-by-step explanation:
we know that a perpendicular line dropped form the center of the circle to a chord bisects the chord
so applying that property here we get a right angled triangle
the hypotenuse is the radius (5)
one leg is 1/2 of chord length (3)
the length of the perpendicular dropped from centre will be √(5^2-3^2) = 4
similarly there exists another parallel chord of same length
so the answer will be 2 times 4 which is 8
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