In the figure, the radius of curvature is 10 ft and the height of the segment is 2 ft. What is the length of the chord? A. 12 ft B. 10 ft C. 7.5 ft D. 15 ft
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First, we will get theta/2 and then use this angle to get the length of chord as follows:

height of segment = radius * (1- cos(theta/2))
2 = 10 * (1-cos(theta/2))
0.2 = 1 - cos(theta/2)
cos(theta/2) = 0.8
theta/2 = 36.8698

Now that we have calculated theta/2 , we can get the chord length as follows:
cord length = 2*radius*sin(theta/2)
cord length = 2*10*sin(36.8698)
cord length = 12 ft

Based on the above calculations, the correct choice is:
A. 12 ft