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Getting To PC With A Circle (Posted on 2007-11-10)

Y is the center of a circle having radius r. Point X is located outside the circle and tangents XP and XC are drawn to touch the circle respectively at P and C.

Given that XY = d, determine the length of PC in terms of r and d.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Subject	Author	Date
re: Solution	K Sengupta	2008-03-08 11:49:10
re: Solution	K Sengupta	2008-03-08 11:48:35
re: Solution	K Sengupta	2008-03-08 11:48:04
re(2): Solution	K Sengupta	2008-03-08 11:46:35
Solution	Praneeth	2007-11-12 02:53:31
re: Solution	Gamer	2007-11-11 02:35:15
Solution	Brian Smith	2007-11-11 01:21:17
solution (different approach)	Daniel	2007-11-11 00:21:19
Solution	Bractals	2007-11-10 20:40:18

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