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Find the length of the following tangent segments to the circles centered at O and O's whose radii are 5 and 3 respectively and the distance between O and O's is 12. Find segment AB

Find the length of the following tangent segments to the circles centered at O and Os whose radii are 5 and 3 respectively and the distance between O and Os is class=

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Answer:

AB = 2 sqrt(35)   (or 11.83 to two decimal places)

Step-by-step explanation:

Refer to diagram.

ABO'P is a rectangle (all angles 90)

=>

PO'  =  AB

AB = PO' = sqrt(12^2-2^2) = sqrt(144-4) = sqrt(140) = 2sqrt(35)

using Pythagoras theorem.

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