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Two chords AB = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm of a circle form an angle of 120⁰. Find the radius of the circle.

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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Chapter7: Locus And Concurrence

Section7.2: Concurrence Of Lines

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Two chords AB = 8 cm and BC = 12 cm of a circle form an angle of 120⁰. Find the radius of the circle.

Two-dimensional figure measured in terms of radius. It is formed by a set of points that are at a constant or fixed distance from a fixed point in the center of the plane. The parts of the circle are circumference, radius, diameter, chord, tangent, secant, arc of a circle, and segment in a circle.

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