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Answer:
You can use either of the following to find "a":
- Pythagorean theorem
- Law of Cosines
Step-by-step explanation:
It looks like you have an isosceles trapezoid with one base 12.6 ft and a height of 15 ft.
I find it reasonably convenient to find the length of x using the sine of the 70° angle:
x = (15 ft)/sin(70°)
x ≈ 15.96 ft
That is not what you asked, but this value is sufficiently different from what is marked on your diagram, that I thought it might be helpful.
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Consider the diagram below. The relation between DE and AE can be written as ...
DE/AE = tan(70°)
AE = DE/tan(70°) = DE·tan(20°)
AE = 15·tan(20°) ≈ 5.459554
Then the length EC is ...
EC = AC - AE
EC = 6.3 - DE·tan(20°) ≈ 0.840446
Now, we can find DC using the Pythagorean theorem:
DC² = DE² + EC²
DC = √(15² +0.840446²) ≈ 15.023527
a ≈ 15.02 ft
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You can also make use of the Law of Cosines and the lengths x=AD and AC to find "a". (Do not round intermediate values from calculations.)
DC² = AD² + AC² - 2·AD·AC·cos(A)
a² = x² +6.3² -2·6.3x·cos(70°) ≈ 225.70635
a = √225.70635 ≈ 15.0235 . . . feet
Differentiate both sides of the equation of the circle with respect to , treating
as a function of
:
This gives the slope of any line tangent to the circle at the point .
Rewriting the given line in slope-intercept form tells us its slope is
In order for this line to be tangent to the circle, it must intersect the circle at the point such that
In the equation of the circle, we have
If , then
, so we omit this case.
If , then
, as expected. Therefore
is a tangent line to the circle
at the point (1, -2).