Two distinct-nonparallel lines are tangent to a circle


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Two distinct, nonparallel lines are tangent to a circle.

Two distinct, nonparallel lines are tangent to a circle. The measurement of the angle between the two lines is 54° (angle QVP).

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a. Suppose the diameter of the circle is 2cm. What is the distance VP?

b. Suppose the distance VP is 3.93 cm. What is the diameter of the circle?

c. Find a formula for d, the diameter of the circle, in terms of VP.

d. Find a formula for VP in terms of d, the diameter of the circle.

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