document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175693>Question 1175693</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> TA and HA are secants. If TA=18cm,LA=8cm,and AE= 10cm, what is the length of AH in the figure? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ambiguous description.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We know A is the common point of the two secants TA and HA.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then we know that (apparently?) L and E are the points where the two secants intersect the circle.  But we don't know which of those points is on which secant.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note in coming to that conclusion about the statement of the problem, I already assumed L and E are points on the two secants.  The statement of the problem says nothing about that; those two points could be anywhere....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you want help with your problems, you need to make sure your statement of the problem provides enough information to know exactly what the problem is.<br><BR>\n" );
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