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3. Given the triangle below. Point T is the circumcenter. Point E bisects side MO. TE measures a length of 5. What is the length of MT? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.​

3. Given the triangle below. Point T is the circumcenter. Point E bisects side MO-example-1
User Aleksei Zhigulin
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Answer:

6.4

Explanation:

E bisects side MO, plot it in the center of M and O

MO is 8, split into two even parts, 4 and 4

TE is 5

set up Pythagorean theorem, 5^2 + 4^2 = x^2 to find MT

25+16=x^2

41=x^2

x=6.403

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