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1. Find the value of x to the nearest tenth.

2. Find the value of x to the nearest tenth.

3. Find the value of each variable.

4. Find the value of each variable. Assume the rays that appear to be tangent are tangent.

5. Assume that lines that appear to be tangent are tangent. Find the value of each variable.

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Explanation:

1.

a perpendicular line on a chord of a circle going through the center of the circle splits the chord in half.

so, x is 2 times the missing leg of the right-angled triangle. and we are using Pythagoras :

c² = a² + b²

c being the Hypotenuse (the baseline opposite of the 90° angle).

so,

8² = 3² + (x/2)²

64 = 9 + x²/4

55 = x²/4

220 = x²

x = 14.83239697... ≈ 14.8

2.

I assume x is again the length of the whole chord (the diagram is not really clear in that regard).

the chord length using the distance from the center of the circle is

2 × sqrt(r² - d²)

r being the radius, d being the perpendicular distance from the center.

remember, the radius is half the diameter.

so, in our case

2 × sqrt ((12/2)² - 3²) = 2 × sqrt(36 - 9) = 2×sqrt(27) =

= 10.39230485... ≈ 10.4

3.

c is the supplementary angle to 76°, as the baseline of the abd triangle is the diameter of the circle, so c+76 are a half-circle.

c = 180 - 76 = 104°

the circle theorem says, the angle at the center is twice the angle at the circumference.

so,

a = 76/2 = 38°

similarly,

b = 104/2 = 52°

and

d = 180 - 38 - 52 = 90°

as it must be, as any inscribed triangle over the diameter of a circle must be right-angled.

4.

like in 3.

c = 150/2 = 75°

a + 90 + 150 = 360 (as together they are a full circle)

a = 360 - 90 - 150 = 120°

as a is the arc angle of the chord, it is also the inner angle at the center point of the triangle chord-center.

this triangle is an isoceles triangle (both invisible legs and therefore also both angles to the baseline are the same).

the sum of all angles in a triangle is 180°.

so, both leg angles of that triangle are

(180 - 120)/2 = 60/2 = 30°

b is the complementary angle to 30°, as this outside line is the tangent to the circle at the chord end (at a right angle to the triangle leg).

so,

b = 90 - 30 = 60°

5.

similar to 4.

x + 95 + 72 = 360

x = 360 - 95 - 72 = 193°

and for y let's consider the tangent secant angle theorem :

y = (arc angle of "outside" arc - arc angle of "inside"arc)/2

y = (193 - 72)/2 = 121/2 = 60.5°

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