Oh,thislookshard.Letsgiveitashot!

Tofindc,wellneedx.Tofindx,wellneedb.Tofindb,
wellneeda.Tofinda,weheadtocircleA.

TofindaincircleA,wellneedthetwootherlengths,the
radiusandthedistancefromthecenter.Wehavethe
radius(50),butthedistance?Notyet.

Thatswherethefirstchord,labeled96,comesin.Wecan
usethislengthtofindthemissingportionofthedistance
betweenthecenterofthecircleandA.Usingthe
PythagoeanTheorem:

n^2+(96/2)^2=50^2
n^2=2500(48)^2

n=sqrt(196)=14

Sonow,ifweputthatnumbertogetherwiththelength
labeled26,wegetatotaldistanceof40.Nowais
solvable:

(a/2)^2+40^2=50^2
a/2=sqrt(25001600)=30
a=60

ais60!WiththatweheadovertocircleBandCtofindb.

Notice:bisaninscribedangleofcircleD,interceptingthe
samearcasthecentralangle.Butthatcentralangleis
madeupofsideswhicharealsosecantsofcircleB,
interceptingonearclabeledas106andanotherwhichwe
dontknow,butcanfindusinga,whichisthemeasureof
aninscribedangleinterceptingthatarc.Wecanusethese
numberstosolveforb:

b=((2a)106)/2
b=((2(60)106)/2
b=14/2=7

bis7!NowwecangosolveforxatcircleC.

Thewaytofindxissimple.Ontheoutsideofthecircle,a
tangentsegmentislabeled8b,whichwecanfindsince
weknowbis7.Thereisalsoasecantsegmentseparated
intoparts,eachonelabeledintermsofx.Weknowthatif
asecantandatangentintersectintheexteriorofacircle,
thentheproductofthelengthsofthesecantsegmentand
itsexternalsegmentequalsthelengthofthetangent
segmentsquared,sodoingsomemathwillgetusx:

(8b)^2=(2x)(2x+5x+168+x)
(8*7)^2=(2x)(8x+168)
3136=16x^2+336x
x^2+21x196=0
x^2+28x7x196=0
x(x+28)7(x+28)=0
(x7)(x+28)=0
x7=0(x+28INVALID)
x=7

Sojustlikeb,xisalso7!Great!Nowwecanfinallytackle
thelastchallenge,solvingc.

InsidecircleCtherearetwointersectingchords,andtheir
partsarelabeledeitherintermsofxorc.Weknowthatif
twochordsinacircleintersect,thentheproductoftheir
partsareequal.Soletsapplythat:


(5x+168)(x)=(x6)(c)
(5(7)+168)(7)=(76)(c)
c=203*7=1421

Andtheresouranswer!Throughabunchofmathematics,
wehavearrivedat
c=1421
.

DONE