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I already answered the others, I just need PU

I already answered the others, I just need PU-example-1

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Answer: PU = 72

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Step-by-step explanation:

V is the circumcenter of the triangle PQR, which means that it's the center of the circle that goes through points P, Q, and R.

Furthermore it means

PV = QV = RV

as they are all radii of circle V.

We only really need to focus on PV = RV.

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We're given that RV = 78, which then points us to PV = 78 as well.

We're also given that UV = 30.

Segment PU is the missing piece of right triangle PUV.

As you can probably guess, we'll use the pythagorean theorem to find this missing side.

a^2+b^2 = c^2

(PU)^2 + (UV)^2 = (PV)^2

(PU)^2 + (30)^2 = (78)^2

(PU)^2 + 900 = 6084

(PU)^2 = 6084 - 900

(PU)^2 = 5184

PU = sqrt(5184)

PU = 72

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