Since you have an angle and at least one side you can use either sine, cosine or tan. For this question, you would use sine like above. Hope this helps!
Point B is a point of tangency. Find the radius r of OC.
1 answer:
Answer:
r = 16 units
Step-by-step explanation:
From the figure attached,
AB is the tangent drawn from a point A to the circle C.
BC = r [Radius of the circle]
Length of AC = (18 + r)
AB = 30
By the property of a tangent drawn to a circle,
"Radius of a circle and tangent are perpendicular to each other"
AB ⊥ BC
By applying Pythagoras theorem in ΔABC,
AB² + BC² = AC²
(30)² + r² = (r + 18)²
900 + r² = r² + 36r + 324
36r = 900 - 324
r =
r = 16 units
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