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AB is a tangent. Find the length of the radius, r.
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AB is a tangent. Find the length of the radius, r.

AB is a tangent. Find the length of the radius, r.-example-1
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Answer: 8

Explanation:

Since AB is a tangent, angle CAB is a right angle. Thus, by the Pythagorean theorem,
r=\sqrt{17^(2)-15^(2)}=8

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