Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Circles and Related Segments and Angles - Exercises - Page 286: 15b

Answer

$BC=6\sqrt 2$

Work Step by Step

Given that $OC$ and $OB$ are both radii, and both equal $6$; and also given that $\overline{OC}\bot\overline{AB}$, we end up with an isosceles right triangle, $\triangle COB$. This is also a 45-45-90 Triangle, which means that if $OC=OB=6$, then the hypotenuse $BC=6\sqrt 2$. Or we could use Pythagorean's Theorem. $6^{2}+6^{2}=c^{2}$ $36+36=c^{2}$ $72=c^{2}$ $c=6\sqrt 2$
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