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Line AB is tangent to circle 0 at point B. One leg of the triangle formed measures 15 and the longest side measures 17. Find the other leg.
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Line AB is tangent to circle 0 at point B One leg of the triangle formed measures 15 and the longest side measures 17 Find the other leg 12 8 13 9 class=

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Answer:

The measure of the other leg is [tex]8\ units[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

In the right triangle ABO

Applying the Pythagoras Theorem

[tex]17^{2}=x^{2} +15^{2}[/tex]

solve for x

[tex]x^{2}=17^{2}-15^{2}[/tex]

[tex]x^{2}=64[/tex]

[tex]x=8\ units[/tex]

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