Question 1100602: I badly need help with this problem, can someone please have an illustration of how it can be drawn. Ultimate thanks to everyone who would answer.
A triangle ABC with an obtuse angle A is inscribed in a circle. The altitude BD of the triangle is tangent to the circle. Find the altitude if the side AC=48cm, and segment AD=12cm.
a) 23.4 cm
b) 21.73 cm
c) 22.1 cm
d) 26.83 cm
Answer by ikleyn(52809) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
It is very easy. First make a sketch to follow my explanations.
You have DB as a tangent line to the circle released from the point D outside the circle..
You have DC as a secant line to the circle released from the point D outside the circle.
Now, you should use this property
If a tangent and a secant lines are released from a point outside a circle, then the product of the measures
of the secant and its external part is equal to the square of the tangent segment.
It is well known property of tangent segments and secants.
See the lesson Metric relations for a tangent and a secant lines released from a point outside a circle in this site.
In your case you need to find the altitude BD, which is the tangent to the circle, as it is given.
Your secant DC has the total length of 48+12 = 60 cm.
Its external part is 12 cm long.
So, |DB|^2 = |DC|*|DA| = 12*60 = 720,
hence |DB| = = 26.83 cm. Option d)
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Also, you have this free of charge online textbook on Geometry
GEOMETRY - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK
in this site.
The referred lesson is the part of this online textbook under the topic
"Properties of circles, inscribed angles, chords, secants and tangents ".
Save the link to this online textbook together with its description
Free of charge online textbook in GEOMETRY
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Triangles/GEOMETRY-your-online-textbook.lesson
to your archive and use it when it is needed.
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