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Austin, The equation of a circle with its centre at the origin is x2 + y2 = r2 where r is the radius. For your problem I think it will be more convenient to work in inches rather than feet so the equation of the circle is
Suppose you move d inches away from the midpoint of the chord. You want the height h in the diagram. Since the equation of the circle is
we have
where y is the length of the line segment AB. Since the length of BC is 300 = 6 = 294 inches
so
Thus, for example if d = 1 ft = 12 inches then
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