Describe the relationship among the lengths of the segments formed by the secant, , and the tangent segment, .You may use words

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Describe the relationship among the lengths of the segments formed by the secant, , and the tangent segment, .You may use words

and/or an equation.
Suppose in. and in. Is it possible to find the length of ? If so, show how to find the length. If not, explain why not.

Mathematics

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ioda · Answer 1 · 2021-11-23T09:06:31+03:00

ioda3 years ago

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Answer: The relationship show in the picture is that TU squared is equal to ST multiplied by RT.

If we know that RT is 9 and ST is 4, we could write the following equation.

Let TU = x

x^2 = 9 x 4
x^2 = 36
x = 6

We found the length of TU to be 6 inches.