Find the diameter?

Geometry Level 2

The above shows a circle. Find the diameter of this circle.


The answer is 50.

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3 solutions

Joe Freeman
Jan 14, 2017

Relevant wiki: Circles - Intersecting Chords

Using intersecting chord theorem, we know that the product of the two segments of the chord (20x20) is equal to the product of the two segments of the diameter (10x ?).

20x20 = 10x?

400 = 10x?

400 = 10x40

D = 10+40 = 50

Consider the diagram on the left.

r 2 = ( r 10 ) 2 + 2 0 2 r^2=(r-10)^2+20^2

r 2 = r 2 20 r + 100 + 400 r^2=r^2-20r+100+400

20 r = 500 20r=500

r = 25 r=25

d i a m e t e r = 2 r = 2 ( 25 ) = diameter=2r=2(25)= 50 \boxed{50}

Noel Lo
Jul 27, 2017

r 2 2 0 2 = ( r 10 ) 2 r^2-20^2=(r-10)^2

r 2 400 = r 2 20 r + 100 r^2-400=r^2-20r+100

20 r = 100 + 400 20r=100+400

20 r = 500 20r=500

r = 25 r=25

Diameter = 25 × 2 = 50 25\times2=\boxed{50}

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