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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Given is a tangent of the circle centered at X, AB= 24 , and XD= 5, what is the length of DB ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

attach the pic...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that is the picture

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

do u knw using pythagora theorem ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay i tried it but the right answer is not showing what do i do know

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

is XD = 5, what do you think would be XA = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the same as xd

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

so, that's what you have, using the pythagorean theorem, just find the "hypotenuse"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 24.51 and the answers are A. 5 B. 12 C. 13 D. 26 so it's d right

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

I got 24.51, so

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

l.. wait... I made a tiny mistake

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

no wonder :/

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

hehe, redo your calculation, is NOT 24.51

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got it i put 5 squared instead of 10 so i did it again and i got 26 thank you so much

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yw

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