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AB|| CD , QO 6cm and OB 8cm, find OPOD. |
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Answer» PERPENDICULAR drawn from centre of a circle to chord bisects the chord. AC=BC=12cm And ∠OCB=90 ∘
THUS, TRIANGLE OCB is a RIGHT ANGLED triangle OB=13cm. Therefore by Pythagoras theorem OB 2 =OC 2 +BC 2
OC 2 =OB 2 −BC 2
OC= 13 2 −12 2
OC=5cm |
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