In the diagram , AB and BC are both tangent to P

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Fixnum · Answer 1 · 2023-07-23T03:03:48+0000

Since AB and BC are both tangent to the circle P, their length is the same.

So we have the following equation:

Solving this equation for x, we have:

$\begin{gathered} 2x=31-7 \\ 2x=24 \\ x=(24)/(2) \\ x=12 \end{gathered}$

So the value of x is 12, therefore the correct option is the first one.