Ronnie used a golden string to hang a huge circular light ball in the middle of their living room. The string measures 50 centimeters and it reaches until the center of the circular light ball. Suppose the tangent line from the ceiling where the string is hoisted to the circular light ball is 30 cm, what is the radius of the circular light ball?

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Ronnie used a golden string to hang a huge circular light ball in the middle of their living room. The string measures 50 centimeters and it reaches until the center of the circular light ball. Suppose the tangent line from the ceiling where the string is hoisted to the circular light ball is 30 cm, what is the radius of the circular light ball? 

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