Find the length of the radius
Geometry
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The length of a chord in a circle of radius 18 cm is 20 cm. Find the perpendicular distance (in cm) from the center of the circle to the chord. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
The answer is 14.97.
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1 solution
x = 1 8 2 − 1 0 2 = 1 4 . 9 7 c m