A right circular cone is cut by a plane parallel to its base, resulting in a smaller cone at the top and a frustum (the portion of the solid that remains) below the cut. The height of the original cone is 15 units, and the radius of the base of the original cone is 5 units. A circle with radius 2 units is drawn on the base of the original cone. A line tangent to this circle and passing through the vertex of the original cone intersects the base of the smaller cone at point P. Find the distance between point P and the vertex of the original cone.
#Right Circular cone
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A right circular cone is cut by a plane parallel to its base, resulting in a smaller cone at the top and a frustum (the portion of the solid that remains) below the cut. The height of the original cone is 15 units, and the radius of the base of the original cone is 5 units. A circle with radius 2 units is drawn on the base of the original cone. A line tangent to this circle and passing through the vertex of the original cone intersects the base of the smaller cone at point P. Find the distance between point P and the vertex of the original cone.
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