Find x in the given figure. (The vertical chord is a diameter.)

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Find x in the given figure. (The vertical chord is a diameter.)

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

anonymous · Answer

Give us the answers.

And tell us what you think it is.

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't have multiple choice it it just has a radical and i have to fill it in

anonymous · Answer

@boggley Did you read the article @jim_thompson5910 showed you?

anonymous · Answer

yeah i did i get that if i multiply a by b it will always be = to c by d but in this one there are only 2 numbers im so lost lol @BraydonG

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

If a diameter is perpendicular to a chord, then the diameter bisects the chord. So that's how I'm getting that other x.

anonymous · Answer

so x=4?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

no

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

use the theorem on that page I posted

anonymous · Answer

ohhhh so its x=6?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

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