Question
The length of a chord of a circle of radius 10 cm is 12 cm. Some the distance of the chord from the centre of the circle.
Answers
Reiny
draw a perpendicular from the centre to the chord.
draw the radius to the end of the chord.
You have a right-angled triangle with one leg of 6 and a hypotenuse of 10.
Use Pythagoras
draw the radius to the end of the chord.
You have a right-angled triangle with one leg of 6 and a hypotenuse of 10.
Use Pythagoras