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Show that the length of the common chord of the circles `(x-a)^(2) + (y-b)^(2) = c^(2)` and `(x-b)^(2) + (y-a)^(2) = c^(2)` is `sqrt(4c^(2) -2(a-b)^(2))` unit.

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