Consider the triangles OAB and OAC are congruent as AB=AC
given to be 6cm and OA icommon OB = OC = 5cm being radius. So angle OAB =
OAC......(1)
Drop a perpedicular OD to AB. Then AD = DB = 3
cm as the perpendicular meets the cord at the middle. OD = sqrt (OA^2-OC^2) =
sqrt(5^2-3^2) = 4cm.
So Area of OAB = (1/2) AB * OD =
(1/2)6*4 = 12 sq cm....(2)
Now AO extended should meet the
chord at E and it is middle of the BC as ABC is an isoseles with AB= AC and triangles
AEB and and AEC are congruent as AB =AC and AE common, Angle OAB = angle OAC. Therefore
triangles being congruent ,angle AEB and angle AEC are perpendicular. Therefore BE is
the altitude of the triangle OAB with AO as base.Also this implies BE =EC or AC
=2BE
Therefore the area of the triangle OAB = (1/2)AO*BE =
(1/2)5*BE = 12 sq cm as arrived in eq (2). Therefore solving for BE, we
get:
BE = 12*2/5 =
4.8cm
Therefore BC = 2BE = 2*4.8 cm = 9.6
cm.
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