Given: RS is tangent to circle Q.9SRFind the value of x.491216

Bendin asked Nov 21, 2023

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Bendin asked Nov 21, 2023

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According to the tangent-secant theorem, we know that:

Solve for x^2:

$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x^2=9*16 \\ \Rightarrow x^2=144 \\ \Rightarrow x=\sqrt[]{144} \\ \Rightarrow x=12 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the value of x is:

Ashur answered Nov 27, 2023

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