What is the length of DC?
Geometry
Level
3
in the figure E is the midpoint of arc ABEC and ED is perpendicular to chord BC at D.Length of chord AB is m and BD is n.
m+n
m+n/mn
mn/m+n
m^2+n^2
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1 solution
This is known as Archimedes' theorem of the broken chord.