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In the adjoining figure, O is the centre of the circle. From point R, seg RM and RN are tangent segments drawn which touch the circle at M, N . If OR = 10 cm, radius of the circle = 5 cm, then find
(i) the length of each tangent segment
(ii) Measure of `angleMRO`
(iii) Measure of `angleMRN`

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`:. RN = 5 sqrt(3)` cm , `:.angleMRO=30^(@)` , `:. angleMRN 60^(@)`
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