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In the adjoining figure ,seg DE is a chord of a circle with centre C.
seg CF `bot` seg DE. If diameter of the circle is 20cm, `DE=16cm`,
find `CF`. Recall and write theorems and properties which are useful
to find the solution of the above problem. Using them solve the
above problems.

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`therefore CF=6cm`
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