Answer the following questions with reference to a circle having centre and a chord .

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Answer the following questions with reference to a circle having centre OO and a chord ABAB. (i) Define the term “distance of a chord from the centre” of a circle. (ii) If the distance of chord ABAB from OO is equal to the distance of another chord CDCD from OO, what relation can you state between the lengths of ABAB and CDCD? Give reason. (iii) Let MM be the midpoint of ABAB. Describe, with reason, the nature of △OMB\triangle OMB. What is the measure of ∠OMB\angle OMB?

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