Please help me!!! In the figure below, AC is tangent to circle B. BA is a radius of circle B and A is a point of tangency. If AB is equal to 30 and AC is equal to 55, what is the approximate measure of segment BC rounded to the nearest tenth

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anonymous · Answer

You could ignore the whole circle part itself and notice that there is a right triangle with two sides already given. Just use the pythagorean theorem.

sqrt(30^2+55^2) = 62.6

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Hey thanks, I got one more for you if u have a minite. It uses same diagram above. AC is tangent to circle B. BA is a radius of circle B and A is a point of tangency. If AB is equal to 15 and BC is equal to 50, what is the approximate measure of segment AC?

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i got 52.2 and thats wrong. What did you come up with