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OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

The radius of circle O is 28, and OC=9. What is the length of line AB?

OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

what's BC you think?

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

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OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

BC = AC, so whatever you get for BC, then AB is twice that much, since AB = BC + AB

OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

Can you explain better because I am not getting any possible answers

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

well.. what did you get for BC?

OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

Sorry my openstudy is acting up but I deleted it but it was somewhere in the hundreds

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

hundreds? the hypotenuse of the triangle is 28, and that is the largest side.. .so, it'd be less than that, recheck your simplification

OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

well you said to use the Pythagorean Theorem

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yeap

OpenStudy (jewlzme17):

which is a^2+b^2=c^2

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yeap

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

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