You are standing 12 ft from a cylindrical corn syrup tank. The distance from you to a point of tangency on the tank is 35 ft. What is the radius of the tank?
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Draw a diagram: Draw a cylinder with a radius (r) and a height (h). Draw a line from the center of the cylinder to the point where you are standing (12ft). Draw another line from the same point to the point of tangency on the cylinder (35ft). Show more…
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