Find the length of the following tangent segments to the circles centered at O and O's whose radii are 5 and 3 respectively and the distance between O and O's is 12. I will post diagram.
1.) The tangent segment AB

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Find the length of the following tangent segments to the circles centered at O and O's whose radii are 5 and 3 respectively and the distance between O and O's is 12. I will post diagram.
1.) The tangent segment AB

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I imagine the diagram that was going to be posted should look like this:
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For finding the tangent segment that is stopped at the radii of the circles, I would create a right triangle that I know I can solve for a side in:
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