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In the adjoining figure, seg AB is a diameter of a circle with centre C . Line PQ is a tangent, it touhces the circle at T. segs AP and BQ are perpendiculars to line PQ. Prove seg CP `~=` seg CQ .

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`:.` Radius of the circle is `4 sqrt(3)` units
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