The diameter of a circle is 26 cm. A chord of length 24 cm is drawn - End-of-Chapter Exercises

part 2 - Question 3 - End-of-Chapter Exercises - Chapter 5 Class 9 - I’m Up and Down, and Round and Round (Ganita Manja - Class 9
part 3 - Question 3 - End-of-Chapter Exercises - Chapter 5 Class 9 - I’m Up and Down, and Round and Round (Ganita Manja - Class 9

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Question 3 The diameter of a circle is 26 cm. A chord of length 24 cm is drawn in the circle. Find the distance from the centre of the circle to the chord. Let’s draw the diagram Here, we have circle with center O Since Diamter is 26 cm Radius = 26/2 cm = 13 cm Let AB be the chord And, OM be perpendicular distance to AB from O We know that Perpendicular from the center to the chord, bisects the chord So, we can write So, we can write AM = MB = 𝟏/𝟐AB = 1/2 × 24 = 12 cm We need to find OM Joining OA Since ∆ AOM is a right angled triangle By Baudhāyana–Pythagoras theorem 〖𝑂𝐴〗^2=〖𝑂𝑀〗^2+〖𝐴𝑀〗^2 Putting OA = Radius = 13 cm, AM = 12 cm 〖𝟏𝟑〗^𝟐=𝑶𝑴^𝟐+𝟏𝟐^𝟐 169=𝑂𝑀^2+144 169−144=𝑂𝑀^2 25=𝑂𝑀^2 〖𝑶𝑴〗^𝟐=𝟐𝟓 𝑂𝑀^2=5^2 𝑂𝑀=√(5^2 ) 𝑶𝑴=𝟓 cm Thus, distance from center of circle to the chord is 5 cm

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