30 POINTS IF U CAN HELP PLEASE. in the figure below, a tangent and a secant are drawn to a circle from the exterior point E. Suppose that EG=13 and ED=26. Find CD

30 POINTS IF U CAN HELP PLEASE in the figure below a tangent and a secant are drawn to a circle from the exterior point E Suppose that EG13 and ED26 Find CD class=

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Answer:

19.5  = CD

Step-by-step explanation:

The square of the tangent = the the whole secant times the outside part of the secant.

EG²= (ED)(EC)

13² = (26)(EC)

169 = 26EC

169/26 = EC

 6.5 + EC

Now  ED = EC + CD

         26 = 6.5 + CD

        26 - 6.5 = CD

           19.5  = CD