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A chord is 4 units from the center of a circle. The radius of the circle is 5 units. What is the length of the cord?

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6 units is the length of the chord

Using the Pythagorean Theorem

A chord is 4 units from the center of a circle. The radius of the circle is 5 units-example-1
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