SOLUTION: You are standing 50 feet from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance from you to a point of tangency is 25 feet. What is the approximate radius of the pool? Round t
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Question 1157898: You are standing 50 feet from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance from you to a point of tangency is 25 feet. What is the approximate radius of the pool? Round to the nearest tenth.
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are standing 50 feet from the center of a circular swimming pool.
The distance from you to a point of tangency is 25 feet.
What is the approximate radius of the pool? Round to the nearest tenth.
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At the point of tangency a right angle between the radius and the line tangent to where you are standing,
therefore
r^2 + 25^2 = 50^2
r^2 = 2500 - 625
r =
r = 43.3 ft is the radius
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are standing 50 feet from the center of a circular swimming pool. The distance from you to a point of tangency is 25 feet. What is the approximate radius of the pool? Round to the nearest tenth.
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The angle between the radius and any tangent line is 90 degs --> a right triangle.
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50 feet is the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
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