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Construct tangents to a circle with centre O from an external point P.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 10 Oct, 2017, 09:20: AM
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Steps of construction.

i. Take a point O, and draw a circle.

ii. Mark a point P at a distance of 5 cm from the centre O and join OP.

iii. Construct the right bisector of OP, intersecting OP at Q.

iv. Taking Q as centre and OQ = PQ as radius, draw a circle to intersect the given circle at T and M.

v. Join PT and PM.

vi. Then PT and PM are the required tangents.

Answered by | 10 Oct, 2017, 11:20: AM

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