sreggoP
sreggoP sreggoP
  • 01-06-2021
  • Mathematics
contestada

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=

Respuesta :

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

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

sophia has 3 pink tulips and 3 white tulips. what fraction of sophias tulips are pink
Explain why the railroads were not built in a straight line from east to west.
how do you now 11/33 is a simplest form
The decline in medieval trade was caused by
What is 38/50 as a decimal... and what is 28/50 as a decimal? PLEASE HELP ME !!!! i hate struggling with homework!
Can someone help me in probability?Amanda wrote a computer program that generates two random numbers between one and eleven.When she runs it,what is the probabi
y varies directly as x. if x=5 when y=12 find x when y=30
What are the 4 main products for southeast
Why did populations soar between 1800 and 1900?
Type of picture Paul Revere made of the Boston massacre?