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Find the measure of line segment MK. K 8 I 7 J M 5 2x+1


Find the measure of line segment MK. K 8 I 7 J M 5 2x+1 ​-example-1
User AndrewSilver
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Hello!

This is a problem about relating circle theorems to line lengths.

We can first see that both line segment MK and CM are secants within the circle that come from a common point K.

This means that the Intersecting Secant Theorem applies here.

The Intersecting Secant Theorem states that if two secants are formed from a common point outside the circle, the length of each secant multiplied by the length of its corresponding external secant are equivalent.

We can set up the following equation.


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Using this value, we can find the length of line segment MK.


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Hope this helps!

User Hayk Aghabekyan
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