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Need math help Tangent to circle question
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Need math help Tangent to circle question
Im not quite sute what you mean...i conveniently made the center (4,0), can i do that? Hence the triangle is in the upper half of the semi-circle! I conveniently (again!) put C at the middle of the semi-cirlce's circumference, hence making the triangle an isosceles right triangle. With the...- BCfortheWin
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Need math help Tangent to circle question
The question is: A circle touches the y-axis at the origin and goes through the point A(8, 0). The point C is on the circumference. Find the greatest possible area of ∆OAC I graphed the above situation, and used the equation A=(1/2)bcsinA, but i couldn't muster up an answer. Your...- BCfortheWin
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