Recovering a circle from a common chord

Recovering a circle from a common chord

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A circle with centre (4,4) shares the chord line x+y=6 with x2+y2=25. Find its radius and the length of the common chord.

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Answer:\(R=3,\quad PQ=2\sqrt7\)

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