To find: distance of the chord
Given:
Chord
Concept Used:
Theorem 8-2 The Square of the hypotenuse of right
Explanation:
Consider the figure representing the given question:
Let
Then, by theorem 9-5, it can be said that
That is,
Now it is given that
Let
Consider the right triangle
Now,
So, by theorem 8-2,
Now, take square root of both sides,
So,
So, the distance of length of the chord
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