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  • 01-06-2021
  • Mathematics
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I don't understand how to prove it's tangent. Help quickly please.

I dont understand how to prove its tangent Help quickly please class=

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ferrybukantoro
ferrybukantoro ferrybukantoro
  • 02-06-2021

Step-by-step explanation:

by using pythagorean theorem:

XW²+XY²=

(2×6.4)² + 9.6² =

12.8²+9.6²=

163.84 + 92.16= 256

WY²= 16²= 256

so, XW²+XY²=WY²

=> the WXY is a right triangle, and X is a right angle.

so XY is perpendicular to XW as the diameter of circle Z.

and XY is tangent to circle Z

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