what's the distance
Geometry
Level
2
Two chords of a circle bisect each other at right angles, if the radius of the circle is 5 centimetres then what is the distance between the centre of the circle and the point of intersection of the two chords?
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give the answer in centimetres.
The answer is 0.
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1 solution
The condition that satisfies the bisection and right angle criteria are the diameters for the circle. Hence the answer is 0 since, the points are co-incidental !