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Two chords of a circle of radius 13 cm are 24 cm and 10 cm long. Find the distance of each from the centre.
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Answer
5 cm and 12 cm respectively.
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Explanation
Half of each chord with the radius forms a right-angled triangle: √(169 − 144) = 5 and √(169 − 25) = 12.
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