Home
Class 10
MATHS
Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. From a poi...

Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. From a point P, 7 cm away from its centre, draw two tangents to the circle. Measure the length of each tangent.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
PQ is the tangent from P to the given circle; similarly PR is also a tangent to the circle.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • CONSTRUCTIONS

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ( LONG ANSWER [LA] - QUESTIONS)|5 Videos

  • CONSTRUCTIONS

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ( HOTS [HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS] - QUESTIONS)|2 Videos

  • CONSTRUCTIONS

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ( SHORT ANSWER [SA] TYPE-1 - QUESTIONS )|3 Videos

  • CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ZEN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS - HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS [HOTS] QUESTIONS|14 Videos

  • PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

    ZEN PUBLICATION|Exercise ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS - HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS)|12 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Draw a circle a radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths.

Draw a circle of radius 6cm . From a point 10cm away its centre, construct the pair of tangents to the circle and measure their lengths. Verify by using Pythogoras Theorem.

A tangent is drawn to a circle of radius 8 cm from a point which is at a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the circle.Then the length of the tangent is:

Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Take a point P outside the circle without using the centre of the circle, draw to tangents to the circle from an external point P.

Draw a circle of radius 3cms. Construct a pair of tangents to it, from a point 5cm away from the circle.

Draw a circle of radius 2 cm with centre O and take a point P outside the circle such that OP = 4.5 cm. From P, draw two tangents to the circle. Given below are the steps of constructing the tangents from P. Find which of the following steps is wrong. Step 1: Draw a circle with O as centre and radius 2 cm. Step 2: Mark a point P outside the circle such that OP = 4.5 cm. Step 3: Join OP and bisect it at M. Step 4: Draw a circle with P as centre and radius = MP to intersect the given circle .at the points R and Q. Step 5: Join PR and PQ.

Draw a circle of radius 4 cm and construct a pair of langents to the circle which are inclined to each other at an angle of 45^(@)

Draw a circle of radius 4cm and construct a pair of tangents to the circle from a point 8cm away from the centre.