Parallel Chord problem

Geometry Level 3

In a circle two parallel Chord are drawn and a line is perpendicular to both of the Chords. The length of different colored lines are given. Find the length of red line?

3 cm 1.5 cm 1 cm None of the others

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Apr 24, 2020

Since A B AB is parallel to C D CD and A B C D ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, it must be a trapezoid. Draw A F AF and B E BE be parallel to G H GH . Then A B E F ABEF is a rectangle and A B = E F AB = EF . Since trapezoid A B C D ABCD is symmetrical about its central axis, C E = D F = 4 3 = 1 cm CE=DF=4-3=\text{1 cm} . Therefore, A B = E F = 6 2 = 4 cm AB=EF=6-2=\text{4 cm} and the red line A G = A B G B = 4 3 = 1 cm AG=AB-GB=4-3=\boxed{\text{1 cm}} .

Swaroop Dora
Apr 23, 2020

nice solution! Image orientation is the only flaw...

nibedan mukherjee - 1 year, 1 month ago

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