Home
Class 10
MATHS
Draw a tangent to a given circle with ce...

Draw a tangent to a given circle with center O from a point 'R' outside the circle. How many tangents can be drawn to the circle from that point ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
Two
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • TANGENTS AND SECANTS TO A CIRCLE

    NCERT GUJARATI|Exercise Exercise (9.3)|8 Videos

  • TANGENTS AND SECANTS TO A CIRCLE

    NCERT GUJARATI|Exercise Optional exercise|6 Videos

  • TANGENTS AND SECANTS TO A CIRCLE

    NCERT GUJARATI|Exercise Exercise (9.1)|5 Videos

  • STATISTICS

    NCERT GUJARATI|Exercise THINK AND DISCUSS|8 Videos

  • TRIGONOMETRY

    NCERT GUJARATI|Exercise OPTIONAL EXERCISE|6 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

How many tangents can you draw to a circle from a point away from it ?

P is a point in the plane of a circle with centre O and radius 4 cm. If OP = 3 cm, ..... tangent/s can be drawn to the circle from point P.

PM is a tangent to a circle with centre O touching the circle at M. If OP=85cm and PM=77cm, find the radius of the circle.

Draw a circle with the help of a bangle. Take a point outside the circle. Construct the pair of tangents from this point to the circle.

Draw a circle with any radius. Draw four tangents at different points. How many more tangets can you draw to this circle ?

To construct the tangents to a circle from a point outside it.

A tangent to a circle intersects it ____ points.

Draw two concentric circles with centre O and radii 3 cm and 5 cm. From a point on the biggercircle, draw tangents to the smaller circle.

To draw two tangents to a circle with centre O and radius 3 cm from a point P, 8 cm from O, we draw a circle with centre at the midpoint of OP and radius ........ cm.