If line ab is tangent to circle c , find AC?
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Step-by-step explanation:

If AB is tangent to the circle, the AB makes a right angle with the radius BC. That means that triangle ABC is a right triangle and we need Pythagorean's Theorem to find the missing side which is the hypotenuse.

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≈ 16.64

+25 = x

step-by-step explanation:

here x is the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose legs are 7 and 24.   by the pythagorean theorem, 7² + 24² must equal x²:

x² = 49 + 576 = 625.   thus, x = +√625 = +25 = x

definitely a. the others have almost all data points on one side of the line.

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