Find the x coordinate of the point at which the tangent line to a circle centered at the origin intersects the x axis.
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Find the x coordinate of the point at which the tangent line to a circle centered at the origin intersects the x axis.
Consider the circle of radius 4 that's centered at the origin. Let P be a point which is on that circle but not on the y axis, and let Q be the point at which the line tangent to the circle at point P intersects the x axis. Express the x coordinate of Q in terms of the x coordinate of P.
Also, let theta be the angle (measured counterclockwise) whose initial side is the positive x axis and whose terminal side is the ray from the origin that passes through point P. Express the x coordinate of Q in terms of theta.
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