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Express answers as radicals and fractions of applicable. Also, the picture might be a little messy, sorry about that.
According to Theorem 63, AB is a diameter, P is a point on AB, and AP = 3 inches, PB = 12 inches. Find the length of the chord perpendicular to AB at P.

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