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Answer:

x = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

The secant and tangent theorem says that:

So, replacing the values of each segment, we get:


x^2=(12)(4)

Then, solving for x, we get:


\begin{gathered} x^2=64 \\ x=\sqrt[]{64} \\ x=8 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the value of x is 8.

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