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Algebra Two chords of a circle, DE\overline{D E} and FG\overline{F G}, intersect at CC with segment lengths
CD=3,CE=x+2,CF=6xC D=3, C E=x+2, C F=6-x, and CG=5C G=5. Write and solve an equation for xx.

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Because we know that products of the lengths of segments on each chords are equal we can easily find the value for xx. Let's sketch down what we know.

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