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In the figure above, two brown lines are perpendicular to each other and they intersect at the pointTwo circles are drawn such that they are tangential to these two lines at and .
If , find .
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J o i n E H a n d D F . A S w e k n o w t h a t t h e a n g l e b e t w e e n a t a n g e n t a n d a c h o r d i s e q u a l t o t h e i n s c r i b e d a n g l e o n t h e o p p o s i t e s i d e o f t h e c h o r d ∴ ∠ G H E = ∠ G E H = ∠ E C H = 4 5 ∘ s i m i l a r l y , ∠ G F D = ∠ G D F = ∠ D B F = 4 5 ∘ ∴ △ A B C i s a r i g h t − a n g l e d t r i a n g l e w i t h A B = A C ∴ 2 A B 2 = 5 0 s o A B = A C = 5 s o A B × A C = 2 5