is inscribed in a circle of radius 1 unit. is a straight line, is a tangent to the circle .The length of is:
The square
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Because PC is tsngent, and angle BCD is 90 degrees, angle PCD is 135 degrees, and PCB is 45. Also, we can find the squares side lengths to be 2 . Because PC is tangent to the square, and PCD is 135 degrees, we know triangle BCP is a 45,45,90 with side lengths root 2. Using the Pythagoras theorem: 2 + 2 = 4 . The square of which is 2. So PC has a length of 2. We know two lengths and the angle, so we can use the law of cosines: a 2 = 2 2 + 2 2 − 2 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ∗ c o s ( 1 3 5 ) . Solving for a, we get 1 0 .