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(i) A tangent to a circle touches it in …... Point (s).
(ii) A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a …..
(iii) Number of tangents can be drawn to a circle parallel to the given tangent is ….
(iv) The common point of a Tangent to a circle and the circle is called .....
(v) We can draw ..... tangents to a given circle.
(vi) A circle can have ..... parallel tangents at the most.

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(i) one (ii) Secant of a circle (iii) Infinite (iv) Point of contact (v) Infinite (vi) Two
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