inchesand
inches.A segmenttangentto the smallercircleis a chordof the largercircle.Whatis the lengthof the seg-
ment?
Startby drawinga figurethat representsthe problem.in.in.is a right trianglebecausethe radius of the smallercircleis perpendicularto the tangent
at point.Applythe PythagoreanTheorem.Example 3
Find the lengthof the chordof the circle.
that is givenby line.First drawa graphthat representsthe problem.