1.

AB|| CD , QO  6cm and OB 8cm, find OPOD.

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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