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The common point of the tangent and the circle is called the point of contact and the tangents is said to touch the circle at the common point. Observe the tangents to the circle in the figures given below. How many tangents can you obtain to the circle.in all?See the points of contact. Draw radii from the points of contact. Do you see any thing special about the angle between the tangents and radii at the points of contact. All appear to be perpendicular to the corresponding tangents. How many tangents can you draw to a circle at a point?

The common point of the tangent and the circle is called the point of contact and the tangents is said to touch the circle at the common point. Observe the tangents to the circle in the figures given below. How many tangents can you obtain to the circle.in all?See the points of contact. Draw radii from the points of contact. Do you see any thing special about the angle between the tangents and radii at the points of contact. All appear to be perpendicular to the corresponding tangents. How many tangents can you obtain to the circle in all?

The common point of the tangent and the circle is called the point of contact and the tangents is said to touch the circle at the common point. Observe the tangents to the circle in the figures given below. How many tangents can you obtain to the circle.in all?See the points of contact. Draw radii from the points of contact. Do you see any thing special about the angle between the tangents and radii at the points of contact. All appear to be perpendicular to the corresponding tangents. Draw radii from the points of contact. Do you see any thing special about the angle between the tangents and radii at the points of contact. All appear to be perpendicular to the corresponding tangents.

Number of tangents drawn to a circle is ………..

A line segment joining any point on a circle is called its ……

A tangent meets a circle in……. Points .

The length of a tangent to a circle from a point P is 12 cm and the radius of the circle is 5 cm , then the distance from point P to the centre of the circle is …..

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.

From a point P, the length of the tangent to a circle is 12 cm, and the distance of P from the centre is 13 cm. The radius of the circle is

State whether the following statements true or false. 1) There exists one end point to a ray, 2) A line has two end points, 3) An angle is the union of two rays with a single common point, 4) The diameter of a circle divides it into two equal parts, 5) Every diameter of a circle is also called a chord of it.

BEYOND PUBLICATION-TANGENTS AND SECANTS TO CIRCLE-EXERCISE
  1. A line intersecting a circle in two points is called a ………..

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  2. Fill in the blanks. A circle can have parallel……………tangents at the mos...

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  3. The common point to a tangent and a circle is called …..

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  4. We can draw ………… tangents to a given circle .

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  5. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle and PT is a tangent...

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  6. In the adjacent figure, Prove that BD = DC if AB = AC

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  7. The incircle of a triangle ABC touches the sides AB, BC and CA at the ...

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  8. Find the area of a quadrant of a circle whose circuemference is 88 cm.

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  9. The minute hand of a clock is 6 m long. Find the area of the face of t...

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  10. Two circles touch internally. The sum of their areas is 116 pi cm^2 an...

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  11. In the figure ABCD, find the area of the shaded region.

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  12. A chord of a circle of radius 14 cm subtends a right angle at the cent...

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  13. A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral PQRS . Prove th...

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  14. Prove that the tangents at the extermities of any chord makes equal an...

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  15. Two tangents TP and TQ are drawn to a circle with centre 'O' from on e...

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  16. In two concentric circles, a chord of length 24 cm of larger circle be...

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  17. If 'O' is the centre of the circle. PA and PB are tangent segments. Sh...

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  18. If PA and PB are tangents from an external point to a circle with cen...

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  19. In the adjacent figure, BC is a tangent to the circle with centre 'O'....

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  20. In the adjacent figure, common tangents PQ and RS to two circles inter...

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