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In the adjoining figure, the radius of a circle with center C is 6 cm . Line AB is a tangent at A . Answer the following question .
what is the measure of `angleCAB` ? Why ?
What is the distance of point C from line AB ? Why ?
(iii) d(A, B) = 6 cm, find d (B, C) .
(iv) What the measure of `angleABC` ? Why ?

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`angleABC=45^(@)`
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