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From an external point two tangents are drawn to a circle.A line joining the external point and the centre of the circle bisects the line between the tangents. Is this true or not? Justify your answer.

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VGS PUBLICATION-BRILLIANT-TANGENTS AND SECANTS TO A CIRCLE-EXERCISE
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  4. AB is a chord of the circle and AOC is its diameter , such that angle...

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  5. Draw a circle with 5 cm radius and construst a pair of tangents to the...

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  6. Draw a circle wih radius 3 cm and construct a pair of tangents from a ...

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  7. Draw a circle of radius 5 cm . From a point 8 cm away from its centre ...

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  8. Two concentric circles of radii 10 cm and 6 cm are drawn . Find the le...

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  9. Draw a circle of diameter 6 cm from a point 5 cm away from its centre ...

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  10. Draw a two conecentric circles of radii 1.5 cm and 4 cm . From a point...

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  11. A square ODEF is inscribed in a quadrant OPEQ of a circle and OD =14sq...

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  13. As shown in the figure , radius of the given circle is 21 cm and angl...

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  14. Find the area of a right hexagon in scribed in a circle having 14 cm o...

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  15. In a wall clock , length of minutes needle is 7 cm . The find the area...

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  16. How many tangnets can you draw to a circle , which are parallel to eac...

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  17. The number of secant that can be drawn to a circle is ……..

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  18. Which of the following is correct ? (i) Maximum possible tangents ...

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  19. The length of a tangent to a circle from a point P is 12 cm and the ra...

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  20. From the adjacent figure /APB = 40^@ then /AOB=.

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