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The figure, given below, shows a circle with center O in which diameter AB bisects the chord CD at point E. If CE = ED = 8 cm and EB = 4 cm, find the radius of the circle.

The figure, given below, shows a circle with center O in which diameter AB bisects the chord CD at point E. If CE = ED = 8 cm and EB = 4 cm, find the radius of the circle. Circle, Concise Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 9.

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Let radius of circle be x cm.

The figure, given below, shows a circle with center O in which diameter AB bisects the chord CD at point E. If CE = ED = 8 cm and EB = 4 cm, find the radius of the circle. Circle, Concise Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 9.

From figure,

Radius = OB = OD = x cm

⇒ OE = OB - EB = (x - 4) cm.

We know that,

A straight line drawn from the center of a circle to bisect a chord, is perpendicular to the chord.

∴ OE ⊥ CD

In right-angled triangle OED,

By pythagoras theorem,

⇒ Hypotenuse2 = Perpendicular2 + Base2

⇒ OD2 = OE2 + ED2

⇒ x2 = (x - 4)2 + 82

⇒ x2 = x2 + 42 - 2 × x × 4 + 64

⇒ x2 = x2 + 16 - 8x + 64

⇒ x2 - x2 + 8x = 80

⇒ 8x = 80

⇒ x = 808\dfrac{80}{8} = 10 cm.

Hence, radius of circle = 10 cm.

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