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The radius of a circle is 8 cm and the length of one of it's chord is 12 cm find the distance of the chord from the center.

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Draw a radius perpendicular to the chord. Draw a radius to the end of the chord.

Now you have a right triangle where

x^2+6^2 = 8^2

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