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The chords intersect at point U.

A circle is shown. Chords R T and Q S intersect at point U. The length of R U is 12 centimeters, the length of U T is 4 centimeters, the length of U S is y centimeters, and the length of Q U is 8 centimeters.

What is the value of y?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the intersecting chords theorem: RU·UT = QU·US.
So 12·4 = 8·y → 48 = 8y → y = 6 centimeters.