Question

Find x Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

15.5

Explanation:

So the formula here is the square of the tangent length is equal to the product of the exterior part of the secant line and total length of the secant.

So that means we have x^2=10(14+10).

After simplifying the right hand side we have the equation is x^2=10(24) or x^2=240.

To get rid of the square on the x, we square root both sides.

x=sqrt(240)

x=15.49193338

To the nearest tenths, the answer is x=15.5

So 15.5 inches is the length of x.