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Question from violet, a student:

Two parallel chords of a circle AB and CD on the same side of the centre measure 6 cm and 11 cm respectively. Find the radius.

Violet,

There is some information missing in the question:

Consider:

diagram1

giagram2

Both of these could fit the kinds of data given!

Do you know the the distance between the two chords?

Chris and Walter

 

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