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by masskev » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:08 pm
Two chords of lengths 2L1 and 2L2 are drawn in a circle.
Their lengths are inversely proportional to the straight
distance joining the centre.Find the radius of circle?


Can someone tell me how to solve for this.

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Re: Chords in a Circle Question

by x2suresh » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:15 pm
masskev wrote:Two chords of lengths 2L1 and 2L2 are drawn in a circle.
Their lengths are inversely proportional to the straight
distance joining the centre.Find the radius of circle?


Can someone tell me how to solve for this.

Thanks
Is this GMAT question??? If YES, please post the complete quesiton with answer choices.

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by awesomeusername » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:05 pm
:lol:
Yes, I thought the same thing.
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by Uri » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:07 pm
Is the answer: sqrt( L1^2 + L2^2) ?
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