Question

TS and TV are tangent to circle P. What is the value of x?

Answer 1

tangent = tangent

x^2-1 = 24

Add 1 to each side

x^2 -1 +1 = 24+1

x^2 = 25

Take the square root of each side

sqrt(x^2) = sqrt(25)

x = 5

x cannot be negative, because distances cannot be negative