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Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take two points P and Q on one of its extended diameter each at a distance of 7 cm from its centre. Draw tangents to the circle from these two points P and Q.

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Draw a circle with O as centre and radius as 3 cm.
Draw a diameter of it and extend both the sides and mark the points as P, Q such that OP = OQ = 7 cm.
Draw the perpendicular bisectors of OP and OQ to intersect PQ at M and N respectively. ...
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